Giving you more control over your retirement investments

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Transferring other pensions into a Self-Invested Personal Pension

If you have a UK registered pension scheme with another company, you can transfer its value into your pension fund. However, by transferring benefits from another pension provider into your Self-Invested Personal Pension, you may give up the right to guarantees over the kind of benefits, the amount you will receive and the level of increases that will be applied to your pension in the future. Continue reading…

Lifetime allowance

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Maximum total amount that an individual can hold within all their pension funds

There’s also a maximum total amount that an individual can hold within all their pension funds without having to pay extra tax when you withdraw money from them. The lifetime allowance is a limit to the amount you can save in your Self-Invested Personal Pension or other pensions over your lifetime, but excludes your State Pension. Continue reading…

Self-Invested Personal Pension contributions

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Limiting the amount of contributions you can make each year which attract tax relief

Every year, you receive an allowance for making contributions into a Self-Invested Personal Pension. The Government sets this limit because your pension contributions are topped up with tax relief. Continue reading…

Making Self-Invested Personal Pension investments

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Flexibility over where your money is invested to fit in with your overall investment strategy

Self-Invested Personal Pensions are likely to be most suited to experienced investors who are comfortable choosing and managing investments themselves. You need to have the necessary skills to invest your own pension fund, and you must remember that the value of investments can fluctuate, so you could get back less than you invested.  Continue reading…

Self-Invested Personal Pension tax relief

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One of the most tax-efficient ways of saving for retirement

Self-Invested Personal Pensions are one of the most tax-efficient ways of saving for retirement, and you can invest up to the annual allowance for tax relievable pension contributions (currently £40,000). As always, please bear in mind that tax relief will depend on your individual circumstances, and tax laws may change. Continue reading…