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Taking tax-free lump sum from pension at age 55 - from one or all pots?
AdvicePlease123
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Under advice, I have been consolidating various workplace pensions ahead of turning 55 in April, when I plan to take 25% tax free. I have been left with two pension pots.
Do I need to take 25% of each pot, or does HMRC take both into account so I can take 25% of the TOTAL amount just from one pot and leave the other as it is (and reduce the paperwork involved.)
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Assuming nothing weird, you can take 25% from each pot. But if you take it now, you won't have it when you retire ...You say "under advice". Your (I)FA should be able to answer all these questions for you.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
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You can’t take say 50% from pot one and leave pot 2 alone. It’s strictly up to 25% from each individual pot.0
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Trivia point..... Technically, the rules allow it. However, it is rarely utilised outside of defined benefit schemes and AVCs.SVaz said:You can’t take say 50% from pot one and leave pot 2 alone. It’s strictly up to 25% from each individual pot.
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...and the total across all pots cannot be more than £268k.0
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