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Drawing Work Pension in Two Lumps?
saraybach54
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My husband earns £33k pa and has £47k in his work pension...
He wants to take the whole lot out in one go...
I wondered if it would be better to take it out in two lumps instead?
The first half now (before April 6th - 16/17) and the second half in June (17/18)?
The Guide Booklet seems to say that it's okay to do this... but as with everything pertaining to drawing lump sums in pensions... it's not very specific...
I calculated we'd save approx £8k doing it this way...
He wants to take the whole lot out in one go...
I wondered if it would be better to take it out in two lumps instead?
The first half now (before April 6th - 16/17) and the second half in June (17/18)?
The Guide Booklet seems to say that it's okay to do this... but as with everything pertaining to drawing lump sums in pensions... it's not very specific...
I calculated we'd save approx £8k doing it this way...
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Your husband is currently employed by a certain company and has an occupational pension with this company?
Has he reached scheme pension age?0 -
saraybach54 wrote: »My husband earns £33k pa and has £47k in his work pension...
He wants to take the whole lot out in one go...
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Assuming he's old enough to do it, and has some good reason to do it: for simplicity of arithmetic treat the £47k as £48k:
(i) Take the tax-free lump sum of about £12k, leaving about £36k.
Withdraw £10k of income. Then if your husband has no other income, income for 16/17 = £(33 + 10)k = £43k, so just avoids 40% tax. In 17/18 withdraw £12k, because the higher rate threshold will have moved up to £45k. Carry on until he's emptied it. It's daft to pay 40% tax when he needn't.
Mind you, he might avoid some 20% tax too if he put off emptying it until he's stopped work.Free the dunston one next time too.0 -
Your husband is still working.saraybach54 wrote: »My husband earns £33k pa and has £47k in his work pension...
He wants to take the whole lot out in one go...
I wondered if it would be better to take it out in two lumps instead?
The first half now (before April 6th - 16/17) and the second half in June (17/18)?
The Guide Booklet seems to say that it's okay to do this... but as with everything pertaining to drawing lump sums in pensions... it's not very specific...
I calculated we'd save approx £8k doing it this way...
Your husband is still paying into this pot.
Fool
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Why does he want to take the money now? what will her retire on if he does?
Dont take it in lump sums that would put him into HRT- it is a foolish way to waste your pension by paying too much tax on it.0
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