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Pension contribution and increase to basic rate tax band
A quick question regarding a pension contribution of £3,600 gross (maximum allowed as no earned / relevant income). I am retired and with my pension income and interest on cash savings will likely exceed the basic rate tax allowance. As I have made a pension contribution of £3,600 gross this year will this have the effect…
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What can I do with a rubbish personal pension - I've got 10 - 15 years?!
I have a rubbish personal pension (Valued at around £40k) and I haven't a clue what to do with it. It's with Phoenix Life and is the only pension I have outside a full state pension. Given what I've got, I've assumed I shall be working until just before I drop (!!) however if there is anything I can do to make this tiny…
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Can I be forced to take my Pension
I've been told I need to take a discounted pension at 60 rather 62 due to me not being in employment and because the pension contracted out for a while, and being a women apparently. My GMP element is tiny compared to the loss I will incur. I have full state pension contributions too. I apparently must take the 'benefit',…
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Drawing out of pension to cover sole trader loss
Thank you for any advice. My partner is a self-employed sole trader, he needs to replace his car. He would be putting 75% of the costs through the business as he needs it 75% for business use. If he bought an electric car, he could write it down as 75% tax deductible in the year of purchase, as I understand the tax benefit…
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Final Salary Transfer with reduced life expectancy
Hi all i am turning 55 in a few months and unfortunately was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer a few years ago with not a good prognosis though currently am stable I have a Final Salary Pension from my previous job and have obtained a transfer value of approx £140k. I have also looked at taking my pension as it is at age from…
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How to use pension tax relief retrospectively
Hi, can anyone tell me how to go about getting tax relief on pension contributions retrospectively? When I stopped working to become a full time carer I didn't know that I could still make a contribution of £2880 to my pension and still benefit from a £700 tax relief. I have seen that it is possible to do this…
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Retrospective claim for tax relief on gross pension contributions
Hi there I have realised that I have not been entering the gross amount of pension contributions (i.e. my personal contributions plus the tax relief) on my tax return for as long as I can remember. Is it possible to retrospectively claim back the relief for those previous years? If so, is there a limit on how far back any…
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Drip feeding out of investments and into cash or not?
I have my first 3 years of early retirement income already sat in STMM for 2027/28/29, I’ll need another £25k or so for the following 3 years but I’m wondering how to go about preparing for it. I’m not contributing to it currently, we are putting everything we can afford into my Wife’s Sipp ( all her wages) instead as she…
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Salary sacrifice limited to 20% of salary
Work limits employees to salary sacrificing pension to no more than 20% of salary. I want to do more, will still be a higher rate tax payer even after that so it is not a minimum wage issue. Do you know the likely reason for the limit?
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Civil Service Classic pension - When to take?
My wife worked for the Civil Service from 1976 to 1985 and has a Classic pension from that period. She is 67 and still in full-time employment, for a private company. We've been looking at the Civil Service Pension Portal and are unclear about a couple of things. 1. The Portal guidance states: "Normal Pension Age is the…
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Tax and State Pension 25/26
I've just got a letter from DWP telling me my State Pension from April. As I get slightly more than the headline rate, my SP will exceed £12570 for the first time making me liable for a small amount of tax I also have a SIPP from which I've been taking small amounts in recent years to give me exactly £12570…
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Not allowed to take 25% tax free – wrong kind of pensions!?
Both in our 70s. Have two small pensions (see below) which are not being contributed to anymore and are just sitting there. We recently enquired if we could take 25% tax free from either of these and were told that these are not the kind of pensions that you can do this with (?) and would have to transfer to a different…
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Commutation factors and planning
Hi. My wife is taking early retirement within the next few months, aged 59. I have been retired for for a few years, aged 65. I am taking ad hoc lump sums from a SIPP which is invested 70% global index 30% bonds currently valued at ~550k. At the moment I am taking up to the 40% tax limit and depositing 20k into an ISA with…
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Adviser: Possible Complaint
BACKGROUND I had a few IFA over the years and the last IFA until 2022 when he retired and he assure me that he would arrange on-going advice with a new adviser with no cost to me (He was a one-man band). Great! Met the new guy and all was good until end of January this year when it dawned on me that the adviser is…
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Transfer Defined Benefit lump sum into a SIPP ??
Hi. I have a local authority defined benefit pension which I intend to take next year when I retire at the age 56. I've been paying Additional Voluntary Contributions as a salary sacrifice through the council for a few years and will have a combined lump sum (based on 25%) of around £120k. I also have a small separate SIPP…
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Hopeless Capita!
Just start receiving my Royal Mail NRA65 pension. It consists of 8 years of which the first two years are now administered by Capita along with all my RM NRA60 pension. And the other 6 years are still with the original RM administration in Sheffield. They dealt with their side of the options paperwork smoothly and got my…
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Part of an inheritance
Hi all, i am due to receive a inheritance of around £50k soon. Now i plan to invest some in my stocks and share isa. Save some for spends, and i also want to stick about £10k in to my pension. I have a work place pension witch my employer matches my contributions. My question is should i just put the £10k in to my work…
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What to do with tax free lump sum
I'm thinking of putting my DC pension into draw down, and I'm wondering what to do the tax free lump sum. The amount is around 130K and I'm looking for ideas about what to do with it (and hopefully grow the amount without paying too much tax). Until recently I would have left the money in the pension fund - but I'm…
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Pension Annual Allowance After Accessing Drawdown
I'm 55 yrs old and still in part time employment I earn around £42k a year, and have just cashed in a small personal pension (£80000 pot) I have taken 25% tax free cash and atm the rest is in a drawdown that I haven't touched yet, currently valued at £61k. I understand tax brackets, I would pay 40% tax on any income over…
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Who to pursue? IFA or Company
I was unfortunate to have invested in some Stirling Mortimer Property Funds back in 2008-2009 amounting to around 50k which had collapsed a few years back. These were advised to me by my IFA who I am still with to this day. A friend had checked for me on these funds and said I could should get compensation as they should…
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