All Tax articles – Page 15
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Opinion
How can tax relief be used to encourage saving?
Analysis: Encouraging savers to make sufficient provision for their retirement is an important challenge for both the government and the pensions industry.
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OpinionSPP: Tax does have to be taxing
Talking Head: A move to tax pensions like Isas is on the cards with far-reaching consequences for long-term saving, says the Society of Pension Professionals’ Duncan Buchanan.
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OpinionHow to win hearts and minds for auto-enrolment success
Financial services is the least trusted industry of all. Those responsible for running pensions should think about what this means – and what it explains.
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NewsGKN saves £7m with Pie
Automotive and aerospace company GKN has made a £7m saving on its pension scheme following completion of a pension increase exchange exercise.
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News
High-earner tax relief threat poses new challenge for employers
News analysis: Scrapping tax breaks for high earners could present a communication challenge for trustees, as the government weighs up ideas for potentially radical reforms of the current pension tax relief system.
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NewsJuly's top stories in 3 minutes
In this inaugural Pensions Expert Vizcast, editor Maxine Kelly and senior reporter Tom Dines provide a whistle-stop tour of the month's most significant news and case studies, covering derisking exercises and the Summer Budget (3:10).
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OpinionWhat are pension input periods and why do they matter?
The rules on pension input periods are changing and are about to make life even more complicated, says Ian Neale.
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OpinionEditorial: TEE, no sugar
“Promise made, promise delivered,” was George Osborne’s puffed appraisal of his inheritance tax move, which will add a £175,000 allowance for bequeathed family homes on top of the existing £325,000 threshold.
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NewsIndustry left reeling by latest pension tax proposals
Summer Budget: Chancellor George Osborne today unveiled a green paper proposing a significant overhaul of the current pensions tax relief system, going beyond what the industry had expected and acting as a harbinger of further radical reform.
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News
Employers await further guidance on scheme VAT rules
Employers will be hoping to benefit from VAT rebates on scheme services following HM Revenue and Customs’ latest guidance note, but pension lawyers have said further detail is needed on how to recover the tax.
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OpinionTop tax tips for efficient scheme equity investing
UK pension schemes face several challenges when looking to gain exposure to overseas equities.
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NewsIndustry poised for pensions surprises in emergency Budget
Analysis: Industry experts anticipate further changes to pensions in the emergency Budget and have expressed concerns over the longer-term impact on the UK’s retirement savings culture.
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Opinion
Three unintended consequences of tax relief change
From the blog: Politicians of all colours have gradually eroded the tax relief on pension contributions for high earners.
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Opinion
How to avoid the tax pitfalls of collective investing
Collective investment vehicles offer many benefits, says Steve Charlton, but pension funds need to fully understand what they are buying into.
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NewsAs the result shock fades, attention turns to next pensions minister
General election 2015: The Conservatives’ election triumph on Friday, alongside a near whitewash by the Scottish National party north of the border, has raised several questions about how the fallout will affect pensions.
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OpinionHow scheme life assurance benefits can affect lifetime allowance
From the blog: The standard lifetime allowance is being reduced again, this time to £1m. That’s a reduction of 20 per cent from the current level of £1.25m and 44 per cent from the LTA’s peak level of £1.8m in April 2010.
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OpinionEditorial: Drivers and disincentives
So taking the politics out of pensions is proving harder than this sensible-sounding phrase suggests.
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OpinionEditorial: Powerful performances
No matter how often political sparring is proved a turnoff for voters, it’s a necessary part of the process and an accepted piece of theatre.
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Opinion
Educating your members on the risk of freedom
Analysis: In the 1998 film Armageddon, while battling G-force in a shuttle around the moon, hero AJ Frost asks: “Is this supposed to be like this?”
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OpinionEditorial: Nobody got hurt. For now
Editorial: Despite the inevitable post-Budget hole-picking, you have to hand it George Osborne who did exactly what he set out to do in this year’s announcement. He must be feeling very smug.