HMRC outlines second-hand annuity tax position

April 2017 start date

Jenna Towler
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has released a consultation outlining how the second-hand annuity market will be treated in terms of taxation and predicts 300,000 people will trade in their guaranteed retirement income.

Creating a secondary annuity market: tax framework, released today, will run for eight weeks. The market is set to come into operation in April next year and financial advice will be mandatory. The Financial Conduct Authority and HM Treasury are also expected to release consultations shortly. Allowing people to sell their annuities in payment is an extension of pension freedom. It gives people the opportunity to sell their annuity contracts, bought before the reforms came into effect in April last year, in exchange for a lump sum. These payments will no longer large tax penalties....

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