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Monday, 19 June 2017 11:50
Jones-Tinsley: Who’s going to tell Brenda from Bristol?
When Theresa May called a snap General Election in April, few would have envisaged the outcome resulting in a hung parliament and no Conservative majority.
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Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:04
Claire Trott: SSAS looks like it will be caught in regulatory trap
Pensions are at the mercy of many areas of legislation and the unintended consequences of this seems to be hitting areas of pensions more and more and things get even more complicated.
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Tuesday, 23 May 2017 15:16
Pension chief pledges to restore confidence in SSAS
The head of a pensions body has pledged to work with regulators to “restore confidence” in SSAS.
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Tuesday, 23 May 2017 15:15
'SSAS experts must use their knowledge to fight scams'
SSAS experts must use their knowledge and skill to help clamp down on scams.
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Tuesday, 16 May 2017 11:06
Jones-Tinsley: HMRC’s long-winded no to in specie pensions
Regular readers may recall that my blog in November 2016 focused on HMRC unexpectedly challenging SIPP providers on whether net pension contributions could be made in specie, (that is, a change of legal ownership without any sell/buy transactions), and still receive tax relief.
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Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:46
Jones-Tinsley: Closing date looms for Individual Protection 2014
A-Day on 6 April 2006 ushered in a new taxation regime for pensions, under the heading of Pension Simplification (no sniggering at the back, please).
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Friday, 17 February 2017 13:20
'Stunned' AMPS says no to outlawing SSAS
The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has rejected a call to outlaw SSAS schemes to cut down on pension scams and says it is “stunned” the idea has been proposed.
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Wednesday, 15 February 2017 12:19
Senior regulator wants ban on SSAS pension transfers
An executive director at The Pensions Regulator has called for pension transfers to SSAS to be banned.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017 11:43
Claire Trott: Provider blame should shift to member or adviser
I have just been reading the appeal of an unauthorised payment charge on a Sipp member where an investment was made into a company and from this investment a loan was made to the member.
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Thursday, 05 January 2017 12:10
Sipp body reveals trio of Lifetime Members and new chair
The industry body representing Sipp and SSAS providers has handed out a trio of Honorary Lifetime Memberships.
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