PTA u-turn hits IFAs

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IFAs are being left to bear the cost of the Chancellor's u-turn on pension term assurance (PTA) according to Positive Solutions.

The national IFA firm, owned by Aegon Group, has hit out at the Government’s plan to remove tax relief on PTA which was revealed as part of the December 6 Pre-Budget Report. As a result of what Positive Solutions has dubbed a ‘total botch’ by the Government, many advisers describing the change to current and pending new clients have been forced to backtrack due to what it believes is poor information streams from the Chancellor. While the proposed change is effective for policies entered into after December 6, HM Revenue and Customs later clarified pipeline policies applied for by tha...

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