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We want to hear about your Lifetime ISA (LISA) experiences
Are you planning to use your Lifetime ISA (LISA) towards your first home? Have you used one already, or tried to? We’d like to hear about your experience.Got a second-hand story about a friend or relative using a LISA? We'd love to hear that too. Or better yet, ask them to register for a Forum account and post about it…
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ISAs & Tax-free Savings Sticky
💷 Forum threads on this topic which you may find useful: * Tax Free Savings Guide Discussion Area * Lifetime ISA Discussion Area * Help to Buy ISA Discussion Area * Stocks & Shares ISAs Discussion Area * Cash ISAs: The Best Currently Available List * Transfer Cash ISAs Discussion Area 💰Helpful content from…
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MSE News: Warning: 'We're being forced to close and move £1,000s from our kid's Junior ISA'
If you're looking to open a junior ISA (JISA) for your child, first check whether they have a forgotten Child Trust Fund (CTF). Around 1.7 million CTF accounts were set up automatically, meaning it can be easy to double up. One MoneySaver who thought he was doing the right thing investing for his kid in an ISA has a…
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Kent Reliance Changes - should I open new ISA
I have had a KR Fixed rate ISA for few years and have always regularly deposited into it every month or so. I believe I will no longer be able to do this so will just have to leave it as it is until it matures next year. Are there other ISAs that allow regular deposits? Or should I look at a normal savings account instead?…
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LISA rules change
Hi, Has there been any recent rule changes for LISAs or my original understanding was wrong... Been told by both solicitor and legal ombudsman that them using my leftover LISA money to go towards solicitor fees is ok and now considered best practice to do. This is without incurring the 25% penalty. My previous…
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Exempt OAPs from tax on interest for cash held within stocks and shares ISAs
Good afternoon all, I thought that this petition was worth signing especially if like me you save into a stocks and shares ISA and are in retirement. Apparently I can't post links until I have been around for a while, so perhaps someone here would be kind enough to search the Gov petitions and post up the link? thanks in…
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Principality Flexible ISA
I have a Online Bonus 5 Access Cash ISA Issue 7 and have been told that funds depoisted this tax year must be replaced into the Principality ISA and if placed in another ISA will be taken as new isa funds. £20K placed into Principality this tax year and wish to move some of those funds to another ISA. This seems to…
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Um... just a little worried.
I have a cash ISA with a fixed interest rate that matured today. I previously told the bank that they should transfer the money into another ISA on maturity. Looking at the back today, the Fixed rate ISA now has a balance of £0.00 and there is no more money in the other ISA. There was over £21K in it. Is it normal for a…
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ISA Charges
Do you have to pay charges to manage a cash ISA? I thought they were just fixed rate savings accounts.
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Bed and ISA - sense check please
I'm hoping the below is correct, but looking for some confirmation as this is new to me! I've ~£20000 in JMAT shares and in about a month I'll receive a special dividend of ~£5000. These shares were moved from a SIP to HL a few years ago. The shares are worth slightly less than when I moved them so there should be no CGT…
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Cash ISAs: The Best Currently Available List
Cash ISAs: The Best Currently Available List **Please note: The list of ISAs I have compiled below is continually updated. New ISAs are added as they launch and withdrawn ISAs will be removed from the list. ** The current Cash ISA limit is £20,000 for the 2026/27 tax year. **As with any financial product, before opening an…
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Chip Smart Cash ISA - Beware this condition...
Just a heads-up for those thinking of opening a Chip Smart Cash ISA. It has much going for it for the first year as a new customer, good rate for 12 months after opening (variable but tied to BOE rate) it's flexible so cash can be withdrawn and replaced (in the same tax year), albeit withdrawals are not same day they take…
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Anyone got a Moneyfarm Cash ISA and checked their daily interest?
Currently the Moneyfarm Cash ISA has a base interest rate of 3.80% AER "calculated daily and paid out daily", plus a bonus rate of 0.52% AER "calculated daily and paid out after 12 months", making a total of 4.32% AER ("Sum of base and bonus interest"). All good so far. Moneyfarm however, are not paying me the base…
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HSBC FR ISA Cashback
Have any of you guys opened the above in a way that has enabled you to claim the cashback. The T&C state that it has to be new money and cannot be money transferred from a HSBC current account or savings produce or First Direct too. I have both those bank accounts and no other. To try and get in on this offer I tried to…
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Cash or Stocks and Shares LISA for additional retirement savings?
I used a Help to Buy ISA to purchase my first house and am looking at opening a LISA, before they are scrapped next year. I am intending to use this LISA to save for retirement and open it with a small investment now to secure the account. I am 31 and so initially planned to open a Stocks and Shares LISA, as this account…
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New LISA for Retirement question
Hi, Reading up on the new LISA Rules also for Retirement purposes (not first time buyer purposes) has me questioning something that isn't explained. Me and my partner both had set up a Lifetime Isa 5 years ago when they offered the first time buyer LISA with the £1000 on top bonus. We did that for 4 years and used it both…
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2026/2027 transferring a cash ISA from Trading 212 to another provider
Hi all. I'm looking for a cash ISA provider that will accept transfers of an existing ISA from Trading 212. I tried Virgin Money, but their list of providers that they'll accept transfers from doesn't include T212. Someone recommended Principality Building Society; I've spoken to them, and they confirm that they can't do…
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Stocks and Shares ISA 2027 Changes for 64 year old
Dear All Hello. I turn 65 in May 2027, so miss the threshold by one month😥. I have a Stocks and Shares ISA , already. Can someone please help with questoins below. 1- Will new changes apply to account created before April 2027. 2- As I will be over 65 in April 2028, do I revert back to the old rules Stocks and Shares ISA,…
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LISA and FTB ISA
If you currently hold a LISA, but will most likely not have purchased a home before the First Time Buyers ISA is implemented, will you be able to use both to purchase a property? If you can have both would this mean you can invest a larger amount of money each tax year, rather than the current £4,000 limit?
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Flexible ISA Question
Hi, I'm confused about what's legally allowed when operating a Flexible ISA in conjunction with other non-flexible ISAs. In theory could I contribute £15k of my annual allowance across cash/S&S ISAs and then with a flexible one could I contribute £10k and ensure that £5k is withdrawn to ensure a net balance of £5k, thereby…
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Kent Reliance - is this ethical?
New to this so please bear with:) Last year I signed up to a 3 year Fixed ISA with Kent Reliance. The terms clearly stated that I could add (up to the ISA allowance) each year. I only chose this account for this reason (as most fixed ISAs only allow you to credit them when you open them). Anyhow Kent Reliance have decided…
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Santander Fixed Rate ISA - interest payment issues
I’ve a couple of Santander fixed rate ISA’s with weird interest payments (and Santander live chat isn’t helping) Account 1 - £20k deposited 30/09/25 with interest of £2.14 paid on 02/10/25 Account 2 - £20k deposited 09/04/2026 with interest of £50.03 paid on 02/05/26 Anyone any plausible reasons why or do I have to wait to…
