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Pension lump sum. On benefits

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  • caz1965
    caz1965 Posts: 120 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 20 May 2022 at 8:38PM
    I think this was pension bee live chat...
    I think you also need to 
    speak to someone 
    who deals with benefits,
     as some means-tested 
    benefits
     can take into account
     the whole pension 
    if you have accessed it
     at all, with the expectation 
    
    that you turn the pension
     into income and use it to 
    live on rather than draw
     benefits
  • caz1965
    caz1965 Posts: 120 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm 57 and it won't last that long. 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Posts: 15,696 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    caz1965 said:
    I think this was pension bee live chat...
    I think you also need to 
    speak to someone 
    who deals with benefits,
     as some means-tested 
    benefits
     can take into account
     the whole pension 
    if you have accessed it
     at all, with the expectation 
    
    that you turn the pension
     into income and use it to 
    live on rather than draw
     benefits
    That doesn’t sound correct to me.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
  • caz1965
    caz1965 Posts: 120 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    calcotti said:
    caz1965 said:
    I think this was pension bee live chat...
    I think you also need to 
    speak to someone 
    who deals with benefits,
     as some means-tested 
    benefits
     can take into account
     the whole pension 
    if you have accessed it
     at all, with the expectation 
    
    that you turn the pension
     into income and use it to 
    live on rather than draw
     benefits
    That doesn’t sound correct to me.
    I don't think.thats right
  • calcotti
    calcotti Posts: 15,696 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 21 May 2022 at 7:43AM
    caz1965 said:
    calcotti said:
    caz1965 said:
    I think this was pension bee live chat...
    I think you also need to 
    speak to someone 
    who deals with benefits,
     as some means-tested 
    benefits
     can take into account
     the whole pension 
    if you have accessed it
     at all, with the expectation 
    
    that you turn the pension
     into income and use it to 
    live on rather than draw
     benefits
    That doesn’t sound correct to me.
    I don't think.thats right
    Do you mean you think my comment is not right or that the Pension Bee comment is not right?
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
  • caz1965
    caz1965 Posts: 120 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    calcotti said:
    caz1965 said:
    calcotti said:
    caz1965 said:
    I think this was pension bee live chat...
    I think you also need to 
    speak to someone 
    who deals with benefits,
     as some means-tested 
    benefits
     can take into account
     the whole pension 
    if you have accessed it
     at all, with the expectation 
    
    that you turn the pension
     into income and use it to 
    live on rather than draw
     benefits
    That doesn’t sound correct to me.
    I don't think.thats right
    Do you mean you think my comment is not right or that the Pension Bee comment is not right?
    The advice from the live chat
     The money will be under £6000.

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