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solartom said:

For anyone with an Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS they added annual interest to my account on its 1 year anniversary

they also paid the maturity interest on my £3,250 5.5% fixed RS account - it was £98.78, which is more than the MSE RS calculator expects for £3k, so they must have paid interest on that 13th payment too!

Am i right in thinking that they automatically send statements in the post for matured accounts? I know they didn't do that when I closed a RS account early recently (just requested one for that via secure message).

Bridlington1

qbadger said:

So if you've already funded the 1st issue in full this month, you'll need to wait until 02 Jan before funding the 2nd issue?

I've fully funded the 1st issue and have just opened issue 2. I shall send £10 across to issue 2 tomorrow as an experiment so shall report back whether the £250 combined monthly deposit rule is actually enforced in practice.

schiff

solartom said:

For anyone with an Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS they added annual interest to my account  on its 1 year anniversary

Can only be withdrawn by closing the account which most of us wouldn't wish to. So it's income of tax year 2025/26. 

subjecttocontract

schiff said:

solartom said:

For anyone with an Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS they added annual interest to my account  on its 1 year anniversary

Can only be withdrawn by closing the account which most of us wouldn't wish to. So it's income of tax year 2025/26. 

Surely the tax liability doesn't depend on whether it's something you wish to do or not but, wether you can access the funds......and you can access them in 24/25 tax year if you want to.

Nick_C

subjecttocontract said:

schiff said:

solartom said:

For anyone with an Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS they added annual interest to my account  on its 1 year anniversary

Can only be withdrawn by closing the account which most of us wouldn't wish to. So it's income of tax year 2025/26. 

Surely the tax liability doesn't depend on whether it's something you wish to do or not but, wether you can access the funds......and you can access them in 24/25 tax year if you want to.

If they have added the interest to your account then you have received it.  That money is in your name.  And presumably the interest is compounded so you are benefitting from it.  It will be part of this year's income.

Bobblehat

I've been trying to get my head around the comments about opening the new Market Harborough Fixed term RS (31.03.2026) in conjunction with already having the (30.11.2025) RS.

I've just looked at the T&C's for the older one and noticed that there is a section about having two fixed term RS's ....



and a similar section in the new RS T&C's .....


My questions are ....

1) Do you think that the new T&C's over-ride the old T&C's for the old RS?
2) How will this affect the potential pay-in to both? If you've already funded the old one with £1000 by December 2024 and start funding in Jan 2025 with £240 in the new and £10 in the old? 

Struggling to get my head around when (if at all) I'd fall foul of any of the above funding restrictions before one or the other RS matures? I assume that the interim interest payments (i.e. paid on 30.11.24 for the older RS and the equivalent for the new RS [31.03.2025?] don't count).

I'd appreciate your thoughts especially if you feel I'm over thinking this!

masonic

Nick_C said:

subjecttocontract said:

schiff said:

solartom said:

For anyone with an Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS they added annual interest to my account  on its 1 year anniversary

Can only be withdrawn by closing the account which most of us wouldn't wish to. So it's income of tax year 2025/26. 

Surely the tax liability doesn't depend on whether it's something you wish to do or not but, wether you can access the funds......and you can access them in 24/25 tax year if you want to.

If they have added the interest to your account then you have received it.  That money is in your name.  And presumably the interest is compounded so you are benefitting from it.  It will be part of this year's income.

What matters is whether or not you can access it (including with a penalty). Since the account can be closed before the end of the term, the interest arises for tax when credited. Had the account not permitted early access or closure, then it would have arisen at maturity.

masonic

Bobblehat said:

1) Do you think that the new T&C's over-ride the old T&C's for the old RS?

2) How will this affect the potential pay-in to both? If you've already funded the old one with £1000 by December 2024 and start funding in Jan 2025 with £240 in the new and £10 in the old? 
Struggling to get my head around when (if at all) I'd fall foul of any of the above funding restrictions before one or the other RS matures? I assume that the interim interest payments (i.e. paid on 30.11.24 for the older RS and the equivalent for the new RS [31.03.2025?] don't count).

My interpretation would be that you can distribute up to £3,750 between the two, but can only have a maximum of £3,600 in the first. The new terms would not override the maximum balance of the older account, but probably do signify a relaxation of the aggregate maximum balance.

The restriction as written refers to money deposited by you, so interest above this limit should be ok.

PowerSavingMode

masonic said:

Nick_C said:

subjecttocontract said:

schiff said:

solartom said:

For anyone with an Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS they added annual interest to my account  on its 1 year anniversary

Can only be withdrawn by closing the account which most of us wouldn't wish to. So it's income of tax year 2025/26. 

Surely the tax liability doesn't depend on whether it's something you wish to do or not but, wether you can access the funds......and you can access them in 24/25 tax year if you want to.

If they have added the interest to your account then you have received it.  That money is in your name.  And presumably the interest is compounded so you are benefitting from it.  It will be part of this year's income.

What matters is whether or not you can access it (including with a penalty). Since the account can be closed before the end of the term, the interest arises for tax when credited. Had the account not permitted early access or closure, then it would have arisen at maturity.

Re: Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS — interest 

Thank you for this. It clarifies things, to a degree, but isn't it simply a case where the interest arises for tax when withdrawn (for example, if I opted to close this account and gain access to said interest before the year end), rather than if it can in theory be withdrawn?

Archerychick

DJDools said:

masonic said:

Nick_C said:

subjecttocontract said:

schiff said:

solartom said:

For anyone with an Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS they added annual interest to my account  on its 1 year anniversary

Can only be withdrawn by closing the account which most of us wouldn't wish to. So it's income of tax year 2025/26. 

Surely the tax liability doesn't depend on whether it's something you wish to do or not but, wether you can access the funds......and you can access them in 24/25 tax year if you want to.

If they have added the interest to your account then you have received it.  That money is in your name.  And presumably the interest is compounded so you are benefitting from it.  It will be part of this year's income.

What matters is whether or not you can access it (including with a penalty). Since the account can be closed before the end of the term, the interest arises for tax when credited. Had the account not permitted early access or closure, then it would have arisen at maturity.

Re: Principality 2 Year Health Habit RS — interest 

Thank you for this. It clarifies things, to a degree, but isn't it simply a case where the interest arises for tax when withdrawn (for example, if I opted to close this account and gain access to said interest before the year end), rather than if it can in theory be withdrawn?

No sadly not, interest is counted in the tax year you can access it.