Pensions, annuities & retirement planning

Early UI for those that are interested. Interestingly it's identified 2 legacy pension schemes that i have no details of…

Hi All, a quick question regarding my preserved armed forces pension. I receive around £600 a month but am then taxed at 20% due to my state pension using up my allowance. My question is, is it possible to get HMRC to class my RAF pension as my main source of income and make it part of the £12,570 allowance? Therefore,…

Each year, HMRC rely on the annual state pension figure reported to them by DWP for tax purposes.. State pension payments are always in arrears so the first payment on or after 6th April is always less than subsequent payments because a proportion of it always includes an element at the previous year's rate (most…

Afternoon. I'm looking for recommendations for a financial adviser to sign off on a final salary transfer to a sipp. I've try the government's unbiased. Co.uk but all I get is spam. TIA

A widower friend of mine has just asked me a question & I have no idea of the answer! His wife died 20 years ago when she was 59, he is now 80. So he is a basic state pensioner & she would have been at aged 60. Someone has told him he can inherit part of her state pension. Does anyone know if this is true? Thank you.

Hello, I understand that if you have overpayed into a Sipp by the end of the year you then have to pay a charge. Could anyone explain what this charge is and how it is collected? Using the example below (all values after tax relief added): A's salary is 40K, giving him a total of 40K he can personally contribute. He…

I just had a quick question in relation to accepting an annuity quote. If you accept an annuity quote, can you before it starts, make an amendment to it? For eg can you change the guaranteed period from 5 to 10 years? Obviously the income would be reduced but would the insurance company allow it or would you have to do a…

Not sure if we have discussed these yet so apologies if we have and please merge or delete. Retiring at 67, part of the reason that an SWR is about 4% is because we need to make sure that the money lasts even if we live to a 98th percentile age of 97, so a 30 year retirement, rather than just budgeting for average…

I’m selecting an AVC with my employer through Prudential and have 2 options to consider. (I’m 16 years away from retirement) Either the default option which is Prudential with profits fund or the lifestyling option of Prudential Dynamic Growth. Any help would be appreciated as I’m baffled!

I had a career and lost it due to ill health and several surgeries and resultant problems. Since then I've been unwell and in hospital numerous times. This has been going on for many years now. My health has been badly affected. Tried to work as self-employed as I want to work but earnt a severely low income. Just been…

I've started this thread for me to try to gain a bit of clarity on what I am aiming for pension wise and whether we're heading in the right direction. I'm not sure my thread fully fits here as I / we really are working towards being mortgage free, financially independent, being prepared for retirement and hopefully pulling…

Divorce left me as a single father of two, ages 14 months and 3 years. I spent a number of years bringing up my children. I claimed benefits as a single parent and was not required to sign on each week as I did not have to seek employment. It has just been brought to my attention that I should have received National…

I am acting on behalf of my dad (he is a UK citizen). He reached state pension age whilst living abroad (he did not work or claim any benefits whilst he was there). He arrived back in the UK three months ago and has been living with me since. About two months ago we started his state pension application. As he did not…

Does anyone know how far back State Pensions can be backdated? In this case the person was receiving Pension Credit but was not aware they were not in receipt of their State Pension.

Hi All, Does anyone know where i can get (or share) a drawdown planner, I've looked at many online but they seem fairly basic and cannot be customised for individual circumstances, plus quite a few don't not allow for inflationary effects, other income or income variation. I'm happy to pay for something that works. The…

I have been retired for 2 years now and have been fortunate to see my SIPP increase significantly whilst drawing down my personal allowance via an UFPLS and we have also done the same with my partner's SIPP. (We are aware there is a fair chance her SIPP won't fill PA for the whole time until SPA) We have topped up to our…

I pay into a Aviva SIPP that is uplifted by 20% by the provider. I also pay into LGPS a with my employer. The contributions added together leave me with around 6000 a year. In addition to this I have interest from savings of around 7000 per annum. I have realised that I am paying tax on some of the interest. My tax code…

I’m 59 and looking to start drawdown from my SIPP (my only source of future income other than the state pension) next year when I’m 60 (I’ve already taken all the tax-free cash out). It’s currently spread across trackers and investment trusts and is roughly 60% equities with the rest in bonds, gold and wealth preservation…

anyone using or have looked into these? I haven’t checked what platforms provide them but they seem the closest I’ve seen to buying individual bonds but trading as ETFs. You could use them to generate a bond ladder for example and potentially buy and manage fairly easily within a SIPP platform?

Unfortunately my husband was made redundant at start of april- he volunteered as he had secured another job, which thankfully will start Monday. He has a pension with legal and general from his previous employer. He was paying in to the share save scheme although currently the shares are worth less than what he has put in.…