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Civil service premium pension
I'm doing some forward planning looking into my pension prediction. I've recently checked my ABS for my civil service pensions and the premium calculation seems to be incorrect. Can anyone help me with the following questions? The premium pension value is based on: (1) Pensionable earnings in last 12 months(2) Best…
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Civil Service Deferred Classic pension
Hi, I’m after a sounding board here if I may. Some of you, I know, are very knowledgeable on these matters. Are there any advantages/disadvantages to buying out (or just claiming and not buying out) my deferred Civil Service pension 2 years early, whilst still working for another 6 months in a non Civil Service job? I’m…
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Is this pension performing poorly or not?
Hi, all I have a pension with Scottish Widows ( shows up in my Halifax app ) which is frustrating me. It's crystalised as I took the 25% tax free withdrawal a couple of years ago. I don't contribute anything to it. For years now it's just seems to hover at the same level (around £110k). It just doesn't grow, but maybe I'm…
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drwa down
HI Hope all are well can any one hlp as not sure what it means as had halixf poly taken over by scotish widiwds moved other policy in th scotish widows one now get this
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My Annuity Purchase
I have just
purchased an annuity. I thought I would post the story in case it helps anyone
considering one for themselves. I am 60 and
retired. I have a good sized diversified portfolio, sufficient to provide for
my needs and reasonable wants for the rest of my life. So I took a look at some
of the things that could…
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civil service DB increased lump sum
Hi all. New to this site, but not to MSE. Is there a simple answer to the question of whether or not to take an enhanced lump sum (80% increase) in exchange for a 20% drop in my monthly pension in my DB pension. I wasn't aware I could get an increased lump sum, so I'm in a quandary. I am approaching 60, when I can take my…
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MyCSP - deferred member or not?
Looks like another myCSP saga in the making. Just after a bit of advice. My wife applied for her pension back in December last year through payroll as she was due to retire in June 25. Having heard nothing by the start of May we chased myCSP and they could find no trace of the application. So we got on to payroll and had…
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Any viable options or suggestions please?
Update: Just a “thank you” to everyone who responded, certainly responses and pointing to related threads provided different ( & broader) perspective 🙏 Given the unearthed DB also has an embedded widows benefit I’m coming to conclusion I’ll not get IFA support for moving to a SIPP, therefore receiving SIPP scheme also…
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Teaching assistant pension
I worked as a TA for local authority from 2000 to 2012. Should I have been offered a work based pension?
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Minimum pension age from April 2028
I’ve just received an annual statement from my DB pension provider. It says that the minimum pension age will rise from 55 to 57 from 6th April 2028. It also says “this will affect anyone born after 5th April 1971 as they will be 57 in 2028.” Surely it only affects people born after 5th April 1973? Have I misunderstood, or…
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Drawdown strategy - tax, savings interest and student finance
So I have come up with a plan based on the following constraints: Personal allowance: 12570 - assumed to be fully utilised by state pension post SPA Savings allowance: 1000 and 5000 (reducing 1 for 1 with taxable income over personal allowance) Unearned income max pension contribution: 3600 - reduces income for student…
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Reaching Tax Free Lump Sum Limit in SIPP - Worth taking this part now?
So I'm wonder what's the best thing to do (mostly tax wise) if someone was fortunate to have a SIPP where the tax free element had reached the c. £268,000 lump sum allowance limit. Would it be better to keep it in the pension - where any growth linked to this amount that was subsequently withdrawn would be subject to…
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My retirement numbers; any advice?
So, here's me, 59, going to be 60 in a few months, hoping to retire somewhere between 61 and 62.I want about 30k in retirement, and this what I currently have:* DC pensions worth approximately 500K (430k in works pension, 70k in SIPP) * 100k in cash (about half and half NSI/ISAs) Between employer and salary sacrifice,…
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Small pots to maximise use of 0% tax band
Hi I've been pretty successful in getting most of my redundancy (taxable bit) into my pension via salary sacrifice whilst meeting NLW requirements. As a result I have only earned £9,760 taxable this year and my employer has contributed £45,623 to my pension. Since I have the time to do the admin I think I can contribute to…
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Keep AVC or take the money and run?
I have a smallish Teacher AVC of a predicted £16500 ( which I am very grateful for), It is due to mature( not sure if this is the correct word) in 6 months. I'm thinking of taking all the money but have noticed its predicted value seems to have gone up a lot in the last year, a fair bit more than if I put it in a savings…
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HMRC National Insurance Record - Year not Full
I've been looking after my wife's Self Assessment since she became self employed. I've always done them as soon as they arrive and paid them pretty promptly, I've never waited until end of January. Looking at her NI record, 2022-2023 says Year is not full We are checking this year to see if it counts towards your pension.…
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Pension draw down difficulty as an expat
I have a large private pension in the UK. I reside abroad. HMRC are aware. My issue is my pension provider, who will not make any payments into a foreign bank account, only British. Has anyone experienced this problem, and if so what was their solution?
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Home responsibilities protection
Hello all. My wife started receiving her state pension in November 2023. Prior to this, and on Martins advice, she checked her pension forecast which showed that her N.I. contributions were showing a shortfall of 2 years, one of these years was to look after her first child. This meant that unless she " bought " those 2…
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Access to pension at 55 - mitigating against govt min age changes
I'm just about to finalise a settlement agreement which will cover me financially until 55 (Sept '25) when I can draw my employers pension if needed at that stage (a pot c.£1m giving me £250k tax free option) Given the talked about changes to min age is there any way of protecting myself against this (other than continuing…
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Leave in drawdown or move (slowly) to ISA
Question for hive mind. Sometime next year 2026/27 will fully retire (especially if redundancy package offered) and will take what I can get tax free (put £20K into ISA if still exists) and move chunk of AVC to drawdown. Question - in following years would it be better to leave the crystallised cash in drawdown to…
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