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The Government is proposing to extend tax anti-avoidance measures in a crack-down on the use of discretionary trusts to dodge inheritance tax (IHT).
The long-term attractiveness of pensions for very high earners was put in further doubt as a result of the changes within the pre-budget report in December. Restricting tax relief to 20% on personal contributions and taxing these people on pension payments made by their employer, from April 2011 onwards, removes the key attraction of locking money away until retirement.
What should you tell clients as the end of the tax year approaches?
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Paul Burgin looks at the new Special Annual Allowance Charge on pension contributions.
December’s pre-Budget report announced measures to try to stave off the worst effects of the financial crisis.
Margaret Jago discusses the use of discounted gift trusts in inheritance tax planning
The long-term attractiveness of pensions for very high earners was put in further doubt as a result of the changes within the pre-budget report in December.
Martin Palmer, head of corporate pensions marketing for Friends Provident, hopes to see some better solutions for the pensions arena in 2010.
Julian Chillingworth, chief investment officer at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, on a new era for bonds...
As we near the end of the year and start to reflect on the past twelve months whilst looking forward to the next with a renewed sense of vigour and positivity, my over-riding hope for 2010 is that we finally see some better solutions in the pensions arena.
Pensioners who take the open market option (OMO) are around 50 times as likely to benefit from an enhanced annuity as those sticking with their pension provider, ABI figures have revealed.
Alistair Darling’s raid on bank bonuses will drive away the cream of the UK’s banking talent, says director of Applewood Wealth Management, Karl Hartey.
In a document released on its website only a few hours before the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report, the Office for National Statistics laid out the definitive cost taxpayers will have to bear for both the state old age pension and public sector pensions.
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