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Large Pension Pot

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  • tony4147
    tony4147 Posts: 348 Forumite
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    jem16 wrote: »
    Does your £20k/yr guaranteed pension income come from somewhere other than the £500k pension pot or is it coming from that?

    £7.5k state and the rest from the £500k
  • Linton
    Linton Posts: 18,361 Forumite
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    tony4147 wrote: »
    £7.5k state and the rest from the £500k

    Ah that changes things. So you take 25% tax free lump sum from the £500K leaving £375K. Then you buy a £12.5K fixed rate annuity at say £200K. So you are left with £175K for the drawdown SIPP. Using flexible drawdown sufficient to bring your income up to £40K, perhaps putting excess money into 1 or 2 S&S ISAs each year, seems reasonable. You should be able to empty your pension pot well before your Life Expectancy, if that's what you want.
  • tony4147
    tony4147 Posts: 348 Forumite
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    Linton wrote: »
    Ah that changes things. So you take 25% tax free lump sum from the £500K leaving £375K. Then you buy a £12.5K fixed rate annuity at say £200K. So you are left with £175K for the drawdown SIPP. Using flexible drawdown sufficient to bring your income up to £40K, perhaps putting excess money into 1 or 2 S&S ISAs each year, seems reasonable. You should be able to empty your pension pot well before your Life Expectancy, if that's what you want.

    That is exactly what I want to do!
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