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Watty1 said:That should reassure you that the place was just a toxic environment. Love Chloe tales and her recovery.
You cant expect to know the full job from day one btw!
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No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff. Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
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Many moons and jobs ago I was in a DB pension …
They emailed me today with a passworded letter saying that as I will be 55 this October I could call on my pension! 😳😂
They are saying I could get a £35K lump sum and a £5.5K pension pa.Or no lump sum and c. £7.2K pa pension.Apparently they believe they can maintain the value of the pension to match inflation, up to @ maximum of 5%.I’m assuming I should just leave it all there for now … 🤔
KKAs at 15.07.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
- OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
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That is one for the clever-chops on the pension boards. What a lovely surprise though!
And ... devil's advocate 👿 🤘 a lump sum would take the mortgage under £200k and save interest ....
I suppose it all depends on how clever you have been with your other workplace pensions and when you are considering giving up on the world of paid work.
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I believe you're a HRT payer; assuming you have to start accessing the income once you take the lump sum, I would leave it alone until you are a basic rate tax payer.
Good to have options though and I like f0xh0les framing of using the lump sum to make a huge dent in the mortgage when you do access it.1 -
CCW007 said:I believe you're a HRT payer; assuming you have to start accessing the income once you take the lump sum, I would leave it alone until you are a basic rate tax payer.
Good to have options though and I like f0xh0les framing of using the lump sum to make a huge dent in the mortgage when you do access it.
KKAs at 15.07.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
- OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
Also worth asking questions of the fund itself, generally if you take defined benefit pensions 'early' there are reductions in the annual amount and any lump sum to reflect this. Usually the later you take it, the more you will get. For example in one scheme I know of, a 65 standard retirement scheme retiring ten years early can result in a 35% factor/deduction in the annual pension. Both of my (sadly tiny) defined benefit schemes will let me model what I would get at 57 versus 65 for example, so at 65 it is £1,920 per annum, at 55 it would be £1,400.
There was a lot of speculation that the rules will change around lump sums but at the moment that lump would be tax free, but usually with a defined benefit you can't take the lump sum without triggering the annual salary.My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese
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agreeing with the others about holding off on taking your DB pension. I mean you could recycle (all? some of?) the income back into a private pension but then you'll be losing some of the £ to fees. And would make doing a self assessment really necessary to regain the tax deducted. Of course the £35k lump would bring you to within spitting distance of £200k on your mortgage which would be delightful.
No - I'd say make a note of it on your big spreadsheet of money and take another look at it when you are hitting 60. AND you've got enough on your plate right now and don't need something else to fuss over.
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We did this, this evening …. ❤️
KKAs at 15.07.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
- OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.8 -
Fab, is that his vehicle ?Does he go to the Yorkshire WW show, with the enactments ? We go every year 🤣Sealed pot challenge 822
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dawnybabes said:Fab, is that his vehicle ?Does he go to the Yorkshire WW show, with the enactments ? We go every year 🤣
We are a loooong way south of Yorkshire so we’ve never been that far north with any of his vehicles, but we go to local shows 😊
KKAs at 15.07.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
- OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.4
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