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Early Retirement and the McCloud Remedy
I retired early from the Civil Service under VR terms in August 2022, using my redundancy payment to buyout the reduction so I could take my Classic pension early. I was under the ERA for my Alpha pension at the time, so this was automatically deferred. I was told at the time I would get my remedy options once they started…
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Aviva Fees
Some time ago I had an email from Aviva telling that they were changing their fees. They now charge a flat 0,35% on you portfolio up to 500k and then nothing above that. They now also scalp some of the interest on any cash that you may be holding in your accounts as well. I was paying the flat maximum fee of £10 per month…
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Tax free growth on inherited pension
After all the inheritance tax is paid etc, does the money on an inherited pension still grow tax free ?
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NHS Pension Calculation
Hi Any experts in NHS pensions and calculating what the payment
should be based on the yearly percentage increases? In the process of tracking down all my wifes old pensions.
She worked as an NHS carer from end of ’98 to beginning of ’05, then private
sector care roles since. Contacted NHS pensions and we now have access…
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Working out civil service widowers pension refund of contributions
Hi Hive Mind I am an ex civil servant who plans to retire in May 2026 aged 60. I am a deferred member of the pension scheme. From the MYCSP pension portal calculator I have a fairly good idea of my expected pension, however I have requested what my widower pension refund contributions will be (to no avail at present) I…
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NHS pension - claiming and timescale for receiving it
Hi all I am looking to leave my NHS employment as soon as possible, and it would be helpful to have as little delay as possible in receiving my regular monthly pension. The NHS pensions service website suggests starting the process three months before the planned retirement date. I understand that it is ideal to be able to…
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SIPPs - eventual access to Private equity and Private credit?
This will only be of interest to a very small ( informed) cohort on this forum who may eventually wish to explore the possibilities when these become approved for SIPP investors. For those who have an interest in Private markets, they have effectively been closed to anyone who did not qualify as Ultra High Net Worth.…
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Who does my pension company invest in?
I'm trying to find out and want to ensure their investments are ethical in my view. This kind of touches on politics, but I don't want to discuss that and will not respond to any political questions as it's not allowed here (quite rightly) so....... I am 66 and retired and like many, have a few workplace pensions. One is…
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Contracted out National Insurance Contributions
I enquired why I was receiving a reduced state pension and was informed that it was because I was contracted-out of the state scheme for a period. I have 46 State Pension qualifying years however, apparently for 14 of those years I was contracted-out and was totally unaware. To get the full basic State Pension you need a…
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SIPP and ISA savings and tax efficiency
Hi, I've turned 50 this year and have finally started to try and put a bit more thought into retirement planning, beyond just "make sure I pay into a pension and have some savings". I'm considering early retirement in my early 60s. I have two questions if anyone can assist. 1) It seems to me that saving more into a SIPP…
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Carry Forward contribution on SIPP
Hi, I didn't use the £3600 allowance that I can contribute to my SIPP last year. Can I carry that forward and contribute £7200 this year? Is there anyone I need to inform, such as HMRC, if I do this? Thanks.
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NEST Sharia pension - stick or twist?
I have a NEST pension scheme through my employer, and a while back I moved my investments from the standard fund to the Sharia fund, as it had much better performance. Now I know that they changed the fund last year to include Sukuk and make it no longer 100% equities. This was annoying, but my expectation was that while…
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AI Gilt Ladder from Microsoft CoPilot
I just punched in "I have £50000 to invest in a 5 year ladder of UK gilts please build". It looks pretty impressive to me. The coupon is not much to shout about but the capital gain looks quite impressive and this is for money I have to invest outside a pension or ISA because it's from pension tax free cash and I can't get…
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'Pre Retirement' - Is this a sensible plan?
Hi, I was hoping to
get a sanity check on my thoughts on trying to efficiently start withdrawals
from my pension, whilst bulking up my cash ISA a bit before retiring. Currently 53yo and
able to retire at 55, otherwise will have to delay until 57 due to DOB. Interactive Investor
SIPP value is £560k (mainly VWRP and HSBC…
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Tax relief question re. annual allowance
I'm trying to work out how much SIPP contribution I should make at the end of the current tax year to maximise the £60k allowance. For 2025-26: Salary: £99,486 (made up from two employments in the year) LGPS growth estimate: £23,412 (both employments are LGPS) AVCs: £18,000 (taken from salary before tax, so full relief…
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Backdated pension contributions
Hi, hoping someone can answer my question. Following the winning of an age discrimination lawsuit I now owe £5000 in the contribution difference between what I should have paid and what I actually paid over a 7 year period! Obviously I’m entitled to tax deduction from the years I would have paid it so I need to pay £4000.…
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Existing Flexi ISA to new Flexi ISA
If I want to transfer some funds from my existing Flexi ISA and open a new Flexi ISA. I should ask the new Flexi ISA to do a 'transfer out request' to my existing Flexi ISA (to keep the ISA wrapper). I only do a withdraw / bank transfer when I am taking the money out to use or pay into a non ISA bank account ?
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State pension commencement letter figure right but wrong.
I received my letter today from Dept for Communities (NI) informing me of what i will be paid from november for my state pension. It is based on my NI payments to date. I have paid my NI (self employed) for 24/25 with my self assessment in June 25 but my NI record hasn't been updated yet! Will I need to contact the…
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25% Lump sum - MPAA
I'm 52 and have 3 separate pensions. I was thinking of taking a lump sum at 55 somewhere below th 25% tax free amount and continuing paying into my pension until i retire at 65 - Im i correct in thinking that if i do this I can only put up to £10k into my pension per year because of MPAA? My pensions are with Pru, Aegon…
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Civil Service Pension Scheme - More Delays
Just tried to log in and check out what the schedule is for ABS this year 0 nothing showing yet but also this message: Due to ongoing industrial action, you may experience significant wait times when calling our phonelines. We're prioritising customers undergoing financial hardship, bereavement or a pending payment. For…
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