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How many ISAs per person?!

hello guys..
1) I have read somewhere someone talking about "old" ISA account, and others were talking about putting some money in the old one and some in the new ISA.

can someone please explain that?
I thought that you can open one ISA account only, and when you find better rate, you don't close it, but transfer it.

so where the old ISA accounts came from?

2) I have my savings in Santander's 2.5%.
and I would like to deposit some savings.
shall I use this year allowance now and add to the account above? or use the allowance with a better rate ISA? if it is possible to have more than one ISA!

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  • Deru
    Deru Posts: 639 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 9 April 2013 at 10:48PM
    You can open more than one. You can only SUBSCRIBE (pay into) to one each Financial Year.

    You can open new ones but leave / transfer old ones so long as you only subscribe to one each year so, yes, it is possible to have more than one.

    Use the allowance with a better rate ISA unless you can use the full allowance.
    SCUD wrote: »
    hello guys..
    1) I have read somewhere someone talking about "old" ISA account, and others were talking about putting some money in the old one and some in the new ISA.

    can someone please explain that?
    They can't. They probably meant, put money into the old account then transfer to a new one.
  • SCUD
    SCUD Posts: 110 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks Deru :)
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