Playing catch up to gain pension freedom

Glen Stewart offers a step-by-step guide to minimising inheritance tax

The Financial Service Compensation Scheme has slapped a £20m interim levy on life and pensions intermediaries as it deals with "bad" self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice.

The government is considering making regulated financial advice a requirement for people looking to sell their annuity contracts, Budget documents reveal.

The government should look into the glaring inequality in the tax system that favours defined benefit (DB) pension schemes over defined contribution (DC), Alan Higham has said.

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed retirees will be allowed to sell their annuity contracts for cash from April 2016 without facing "punitive tax charges".

The lifetime pension saving allowance has been cut from £1.25m to £1m in the Budget today.

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