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The Great 2014 Pension Revolution

Radical and pensions are not normally two words you’ll find sitting together often but last week’s budget statement certainly put paid to that.

olmanReferred to by many financial commentators as the biggest changes to pensions in over fifty years, it has certainly been the biggest series of announcements from a budget I can remember in 20 odd years in this industry.

And yes, I can affirm, this is nothing short of a Pension Revolution.

So what has changed—what does it all mean and how will it affect you?

The biggest news was undoubtedly the plans to allow pensioners to access their full pension fund from 2015.

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Pension Transfer Loophole Closes for Under 55s

Hi everyone,

Today’s article is an important update on Pension Transfers and talks about what you can and can’t do now if you wish to “unlock” your pension, or use Qrops if you are an expat.

A newly formed HMRC anti-fraud, tax avoidance squad gives our topic spice too.

Due to the prevalence of schemes to unlock pensions for those under the age of 55, HMRC have formed the avoidance and counter fraud group, who are tasked with effectively putting an end to this practice.

With recent revelations by SIPP and insurance providers, that they will be refusing pension transfer money to these “schemes,” the government have moved to actively shut down any attempts to remove funds before age 55.

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Investment and Tax

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Dates and Times

NOTE: I have been writing articles here since 2007 so please take note the date of the article, because obviously, things like laws or tax allowances etc may have changed since then.

I do try my best to keep up to date, but I'm only an humble advisor and there are hundreds of my financial articles here! Please call or email if you need to double check something. I'll gladly help.