Higher rate pensions tax relief under threat? Three things your clients may call you about this week ...

Tax relief rumours

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A potential pensions tax relief "slash", action against Hargreaves Lansdown and investment pathways - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …

City braced for bombshell raid on Middle England's pensions The pensions tax relief rumour mill spins once again as The Telegraph reports Treasury officials are debating whether to "slash" higher rate tax relief on pension contributions.  The rumours in the national newspaper come less than a week before so-called "tax day" on Tuesday (23 March) when the government will release a number of consultations and calls for evidence that were not released alongside the recent Budget.  The newspaper reports no immediate changes will be made on 23 March but that the government is "seriously...

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