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Planning for retirement; property purchase
I turn 55 next month so thinking best get my ducks in order lol In the past money and me have had a bad relationship...we never seemed to last long with each other. So one bankruptcy later and renting all my life here I find myself looking at my eventual retirement. My take home is around £2845, with the occasional bonus…
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Saving for retirement - NHS pension vs LISA
I’m looking for some advice about how to save for retirement, as I recently saw Martin Lewis talk about LISAs. I’m 39, a resident doctor (a couple of years away from Consultant), and moved to the UK nearly a decade ago. I have 8 years of NI credits built up. My partner bought a house, so I wouldn’t be eligible to use my…
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Small pots question
I used the small pots method , to close a fidelity sipp in May. The balance was £8575.73. Tax free was £2143.93. Tax paid on the remainder, £1286.20. Therefore paid to me, £7289.53. Two questions. I'd assumed this would close that sipp . Indeed, the balance reduced to zero, and the final letter states, Your account is now…
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retiring early taking pension drawdown
Hi Im retiring early and considering taking the £12500 each year from my private pension how do I avoid the taxman taking 20% tax and having to reclaim it? is it better to take it monthly or a one off payment?
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Additional NHS pension payment
Hi we are hoping that my husband’s inherited house will sell soon. (2nd time luck, hopefully 😬 This will be divided as he has a sister. we will max out ISA’s in both our names and give our daughter some money at this point too. hopefully we will live another 7yrs. I am enrolled in the 1995 and 2015 NHS pension and have…
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Take tax free lump sum before the budget
Given the shortfall in government funding after the PIP funding debacle, should i take my lump sum from my SIPP now (even though i don't need it yet) given that if i don't take it it will cost me over 50k if taxed
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WFA for husband
Hallo, I'm rather confused 😕. My husband will receive the WFA this year, however I'm still working part time, will my earnings be taken into account? Thanks
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Junior SIPP Fund Choice
Want to just deposit a lump sum each year, and forget it - just leave it to grow really.... Thinking of using the Fidelity platform due to the low fees. Narrowed it down to these ones.... Fidelity Index World HSBC FTSE All‑World Index Fund Had looked at Vanguard LifeStrategy 100% Equity or the 80% one too - though fee is…
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Keeping 2 pension pots in drawdown/ufpls
Hi. 5 yrs away from retirement hopefully and starting to think about the mechanics of taking my pension. I have 2 pots with different providers, set up to bridge the income gap between 60 and 67. Would it be a pain to leave both pots and withdraw from them. Is it better to consolidate into one?
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Max SIPP contribution in year of retirement from Civil Service
If I retire from the Civil Service part way through a year, can I check how much can be put into a SIPP that year. So if my gross pay for the year to date was £10000 and I had contributed £500 to Alpha and my employer contributions from my payslip show £2500 what can I save in a SIPP? I assume it’s £5600 ( 80% of £7000)…
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Inherited Annuity
My father passed last year and part of his estate was an annuity which was surrendered as part of his estate. I received part of this as per his Will and was subjected to 33% tax. Recently I received a letter from HMRC whereupon the amount of the payout from the annuity has been added onto my annual income and tipped me…
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Winter fuel allowance for pensioners re-instated 🤗
For all those earning less than £35K per annum. 🤗 Just announced Monday 9th June.
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Is a Trustee allowed to stop paying a pension?
Today I received a Pension Information Request; the request is very much a demand. The words If the Trustees do not receive this completed form the pension that is being paid may need to stop are included (and are in bold). This may seem trivial to some, but the letter includes a must be completed by date that is 1 month…
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Civil Service-partial retirement
I have recently applied to claim my preserved Premium Civil Service pension. I have reduced my working week to 60%. I had to opt out of the main Alpha scheme and join the Government Commercial Office L & G scheme. MyCSP have informed me that I can’t claim my pension unless I opt back in or fully retire! I can’t opt back in…
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Tracing a financial advisor from 1990
Hi all, long time lurker! i wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction please, short story: i left the military in 1989, in early 1990 i was advised by Advanced Financial Associates Ltd , at the time in the east midlands area , to transfer out of my military pension into a private pension (of what type I'm…
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Tax on lump sum pension payment not deducted
Apologies for the long first post..... A couple of years ago I took the maximum tax free lump sum of £268,275 (from a pension (with Company A), so my future lump sums from other pensions should be taxed. Last tax year year I took a lump sum from a small pension (from company B) and after many delays I was paid the sum due…
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Uncrystallised Pension
Hi, I currently have a uncrystallised pension of £600,000.00 that I am looking to access at 55. I have a DB pension which is £12500.00 per annum which utilises the nil tax personal allowance. My pension is invested 100% equities and I want to take out £15,000.00 per annum tax free. Am I correct that this will reduce the…
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USS Deferred Retirement Delays
Dear All, I would be grateful for your views and advice. I am taking early retirement and want to start taking benefits from my private pension scheme (USS). They stated that they would handle all the paperwork for that if given 8 weeks to process it. I submitted my paperwork 10 weeks in advance. They did not process it in…
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Question: Is the Pension Credit Department Collecting Data regarding missed prior years
Dear All, Several weeks ago a received a phone call from someone claiming to be from the Pension Credit Department regarding my request to buy missed prior years. They asked for my NI, DOB and Residency Status. Because I was pleased to receive a call regarding this issue I gave out that information. I then became…
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Apparent large loss after buying index linked gilt
Just bought a tranche of TR26 IL gilt (22/3/26, 0.125%) on iweb and it is showing an immediate loss of 35%. Buy price was 154 rather than the clean 99.4. Managed to stay calm - just.I have only boiught conventional gilts before and the apparent loss was much smaller and it is easy to see how it represente interst payments…
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