Savers must grab the opportunity to save when the ISA limit increases by £600 in the next tax year, Danny Cox, head of advice at Hargreaves Lansdown said.
From April 2012 the ISA limit will increase in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), rather than the Retail Prices Index (RPI) which it currently uses. The rate of inflation used to calculate April 2012's new ISA limit is September's CPI, which was announced today as 5.2%. Today's rise in CPI will boost the ISA limit from April 2012 to £11,280, up from £10,680, the Treasury said. The full amount can be invested in a stocks and shares ISA, or half (£5,640) in a cash ISA. "Next year savers should try to maximise their ISA allowances and shelter as much money from tax as possi...
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