RE: Tom/ Tax11 Aug 2018 12:37
Thanks Chirpy!
For those with less to invest & therefore a possible choice of how to place the investments I thought I’d share some info a new accountant threw at me recently. Hopefully Chirpy can confirm or put us straight! So, investment in an ISA has non-taxable gains & is available to access instantly, but would be added to one’s estate & therefore possibly subject to inheritance tax. On the other hand, investment in a SIPP, also non-taxable gains, but you get just one chance to draw 25% tax free & it then goes into drawdown mode, so you can add to it no more, & further withdrawals are taxable as income, above the prevailing annual tax free figure at the time, BUT it does not get hit by inheritance tax. So, a bit more complicated decision to make!
ps. Grateful for your contributions too Andee - shame we went metric, 90 60 90 not quite so attractive haha.