Sharing income

stoatnose

Hi,
I am about to receive a pension lump sum and will initially put it in a joint bank account in the names of me and my wife.
I intend to put £20000 of it in an ISA in my name. Can my wife buy a similar ISA from the joint account, or does that incurr tax penalties?
Thanks.

DullGreyGuy

The only time tax comes into play on "gifts" is if you die within 7 years however gifts between spouses are ignored for IHT purposes so it's totally irrelevant. 

Secondly, legally with a joint account you each own 100% of whatever is put in there so as soon as it was deposited it became as much her money as yours. 

Yes she can choose to put it into an ISA without any tax implications