Personal taxpayers will need to pay any tax they owe for 2004/5 and make a payment on account of their 2005/6 bill, by January 31, 2006. Is there anything you can do at this late stage to keep the
Taxman’s hands off your cash?
Published 24.11.2005
A colleague says their advisor has told them to make lump sum pension contributions in 2007/8, to maximise their tax credit claims for the next two years. Is this something you could be taking
advantage of?
Published 06.12.2007
The government has announced its new plans for tax relief on pension contributions. But will these leave you better or worse off?
Published 02.11.2010
A friend has told you that as he’s 50 he can take a tax-free lump sum from his pension fund before the rules change next April. He says he’ll plough it straight back into a pension to get extra tax
relief. This sounds too good to be true; is it?
Published 10.07.2009
The new legislation that restricts tax relief on pension premiums includes tough rules to stop those with incomes of over £150,000 from manipulating their income to escape the trap. But there are
ways to get around this. What are they?
Published 04.11.2009
Paying voluntary NI contributions could increase your state pension when you retire. But as the NI rate has leapt by 50%, is it now worth it?
Published 08.05.2009
Recycling (reinvesting) your pension lump sum is a simple way to boost the value of your retirement nest egg, but it’s subject to limits which were reduced in April. So how do you now maximise the
recycling tax break?
Published 29.11.2012
With the Tax credit system now in its second year there’s a new incentive to making additional pension contributions in the next couple of months. How could these two possibly be related? Read on…
Published 02.12.2004
In April this year the rules for tax deductions on pension contributions underwent a major overhaul. But what effect, if any, did this have on company contributions, and is there still a tax
advantage to these?
Published 28.06.2011