Latest - TAX AND TRUSTS

• 

  How to avoid the annual allowance speed traps

  27 August 2018

  Karena Woodall, consultant, Mattioli Woods, looks at how clients can avoid being charged on pensions contributions highway Back in July it was reported that a British tourist on holiday in Dubai rented a £270,000 Lamborghini Huracan for two days, leaving his passport as security. He then proceeded – in the early hours of the morning- to break...

  READ ARTICLE
• 

  Government risks LISA backlash

  19 August 2018

  AJ Bell has warned that the government would risk the wrath of young voters if it scraps the Lifetime ISA. The pension provider said the product has proved popular with consumers so far and to get rid of it now would be “ludicrous” and cause uproar among younger generations. The Lifetime ISA was first...

  READ ARTICLE
• 

  Life expectancy increases slowing ‘dramatically’

  16 August 2018

  Increases in life expectancy have slowed dramatically in recent years, in what pensions provider AJ Bell said could have huge ramifications for society if it continues.  Life expectancy for males at birth improved 4.2 weeks a year from 2011 to 2016, compared to 17.3 weeks a year in the preceding six-year period. Meanwhile, female...

  READ ARTICLE
• 

  EISA launches membership programme to encourage greater participation

  14 August 2018

  The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association has launched a new membership programme for advisory firms, and is targeting financial planners, advisers and paraplanners. The Financial Planning programme will offer members a forum to share their views at the highest policy levels, as well as access to a range of online resources, free workshops and training...

  READ ARTICLE
• 

  Rise in number of people wanting IHT advice expected

  9 August 2018

  As inheritance tax receipts hit a record £5.2 billion for 2017-18, the number of people seeking advice for inheritance tax planning is set to rise.  More than three quarters (78%) of advisers expect the number of retail investors requiring help for IHT planning to increase over the next three years, according to new research...

  READ ARTICLE
• 

  Technical: Unusual assets in a SIPP/SSAS – Intellectual Property

  6 August 2018

  IP may not be the easiest asset to include in a SIPP or SSAS but it has particularly benefits when had in a pension wrapper, explains Martin Tilley, director of Technical Services, Dentons Pension Management Amongst the more unusual asset classes you may find within registered pension schemes, is intellectual property. Whilst offering the potential for regular...

  READ ARTICLE
• 

  Adviser firms risk neglecting under 45s and intergenerational wealth

  2 August 2018

  Adviser firms are at risk of neglecting the under 45s and with it the chance to win inherited pots, a new report by Sanlam has warned.  Sanlam’s Generation Game report found that two thirds (66%) of advisers are not taking any steps to proactively engage with under-45s and a further quarter (23%) of advisers...

  READ ARTICLE
• 

  Calls for reform of tax relief on pensions, the LISA and triple lock

  30 July 2018

  A ‘fundamental reform’ of pensions tax relief is needed with widespread acknowledgment that the current system is not an effective or well-targeted way of incentivising people to save into pensions, a new report by the Treasury Committee has found. In the Household finances: income, saving and debt report, the Committee said the government should give...

  READ ARTICLE