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Monday, 28 August 2017 16:07
James Jones-Tinsley: Why we should look back in anger at MPAA
Regular readers may recall my Blog from last October, entitled “Cart before horse nonsense has to stop”, in which I berated the time it was taking to get legislation through Parliament, ratifying pension-related changes that had, in effect, already come into force (for example, applying for Fixed Protection 2016).
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Monday, 24 July 2017 15:54
Putting their foot in it - Oppenham and Gauke’s faux pas
The fall-out from a General Election inevitably involves a game of musical chairs; masquerading as a Parliamentary reshuffle.
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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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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, 10 February 2017 15:36
Is HMRC channelling the magic of Mr Benn?
Those of a certain vintage will remember the animated children’s TV programme, “Mr Benn”, where each episode featured the line, “and then – as if by magic – the shopkeeper appeared”.
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Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:14
Jones-Tinsley: Pension change a ‘sledgehammer to crack a walnut’
Reduction in the MPAA: a sign of things to come?
Sitting here amidst a post-Christmas lull, whilst tucking into a seventh meal comprised of turkey, my mind naturally drifts to the Autumn Statement consultation about reducing the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) from £10,000 to £4,000 with effect from 6 April 2017.
Sitting here amidst a post-Christmas lull, whilst tucking into a seventh meal comprised of turkey, my mind naturally drifts to the Autumn Statement consultation about reducing the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) from £10,000 to £4,000 with effect from 6 April 2017.
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Tuesday, 22 November 2016 09:43
Jones-Tinsley: What’s the Revenue got against in specie?
During the summer, HMRC unexpectedly began challenging Sipp providers on whether net pension contributions can be made in specie, (that is, a change of legal ownership without sell/buy transactions).
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Friday, 30 September 2016 12:17
Jones-Tinsley: Cart before horse nonsense has to stop
Regular readers may recall the first Blog that I wrote for Sipps Professional in December last year, entitled “The Law is a Drag”.
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Friday, 26 August 2016 11:07
James Jones-Tinsley: Sipp rule aims may be lost in translation
The much-anticipated capital adequacy regime for SIPPs is finally upon us, and providers now have to get out their abacuses, and remove their shoes and socks, in order to undertake the calculations that will determine the requisite size of their capital reserves, underpinning the membership of their SIPP book of business and portfolio of assets.
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