Latest Blogs
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Tilley: Let’s end the SIPP vs SSAS debate for good
As you might know from my previous columns on SIPPs Professional, I am, and have been for some time, a huge advocate for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS).
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Lisa Webster: Pre-Budget withdrawals are spiking again
Ever since “tax-free cash” changed its official name to “pension commencement lump sum” back in 2006 there have been pre-Budget rumours that it was going to change – and not for the better.
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Tilley: Will Pensions Dashboards be a missed opportunity?
I can’t be alone in thinking that the recent House of Lords committee sessions on the Finance Bill and, in particular, discussion on bringing unused pension pots into scope for inheritance tax (IHT) made for interesting viewing.
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Lisa Webster: A tiny step forward on IHT and pensions
Last month I talked about the headaches and liabilities of being a personal representative (PR) for a deceased’s estate when pensions are included for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027.
Popular News
Independent SSAS provider WBR Group has appointed Caitlin Southall to the newly-created role of head of SSAS proposition.
Adviser platform Transact has added the ability to open existing clients’ pension wrappers, such as personal pensions and SIPPs, online.
SIPP and SSAS provider @sipp has appointed Josh Legg as business development manager.
A Shropshire-based pension adviser - an appointed rep of failed firm Tenet Connect Limited - has itself been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, opening the door to compensation claims.
Leicester-based WBR Group, a provider of SSASs and tax advice, has acquired SSAS administrator NM Perris & Co Ltd.
More than two fifths (44%) of people in the UK have not written a will, nor are they currently in the process of doing so, according to new research.