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Clarity on Pension Drawdown and Tax

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  • Qyburn
    Qyburn Posts: 4,203 Forumite
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    booveedoo said:
     If you`re only drawing an income of £3000 a year, and that you`ve already take your 25% tax free, why on this amount (3000) are you paying 20%? £3000 is way below the threshold of £12570?  Or do you pay this cos you`ve already taken the TF allowance?
    I can't see that anyone else has picked up that point. To my knowledge that's not the case, taking the tax free allowance makes no difference to tax on anything earned.

  • Was the £3,000 all taken at the same time ?
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  • Albermarle
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    Qyburn said:
    booveedoo said:
     If you`re only drawing an income of £3000 a year, and that you`ve already take your 25% tax free, why on this amount (3000) are you paying 20%? £3000 is way below the threshold of £12570?  Or do you pay this cos you`ve already taken the TF allowance?
    I can't see that anyone else has picked up that point. To my knowledge that's not the case, taking the tax free allowance makes no difference to tax on anything earned.

    That is correct, the tax free part of the pension is exactly that.
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