Pension strategies

Over the last two months I have been discussing pension options available to UK expatriates, and the differences between pensions and offshore life policies. This, the final article in the series, illustrates some of the points. I said last month that it should not be automatically assumed that an expatriate would be better off contributing to a UK pension just because the rules have now changed to allow them to do so. If the individual has no earnings in the UK, they will not receive tax relief on their contributions. If the contributions do not receive tax relief, then why accept the r...