Advice required with work!!!!!!!!!!
#1
What are the chances of me geting money back that I have paid into a pension, I do not wish to have a pension as I no longer require it. Can I retrieve previous funds? If not can I transfer them to someone like my brother?
Many thanks in advance,
Regards,
Michelle.
Many thanks in advance,
Regards,
Michelle.
#2
How do you mean, you no longer require a pension???
The state pension will be worthless, as will a lot of company ones. It's better to add more now, rather than try and catch up in later life.
The state pension will be worthless, as will a lot of company ones. It's better to add more now, rather than try and catch up in later life.
#6
Weekends are where I'm supposed to get away from techie questions about pensions .
OK, serious reply now (but not advice )
If it is a personal pension scheme then you are basically stuffed (technical pensions law term )- you can't get anything out without retiring and you can't retire until you're 50 (unless you're too ill to work).
If it's an occupational scheme you can normally take a refund if you've been in the scheme for less than two years. You'd either get the contributions you've paid back or the current fund value - all depends on the rules of the scheme. If you've been in for two years then you're stuffed again. Some schemes may not let you take a refund even if you have less than two years - again all depends on the rules.
If you take a refund then you'll lose the benefit of whatever your employer has paid into the scheme.
Feel free to email me about this if you want more info
G
OK, serious reply now (but not advice )
If it is a personal pension scheme then you are basically stuffed (technical pensions law term )- you can't get anything out without retiring and you can't retire until you're 50 (unless you're too ill to work).
If it's an occupational scheme you can normally take a refund if you've been in the scheme for less than two years. You'd either get the contributions you've paid back or the current fund value - all depends on the rules of the scheme. If you've been in for two years then you're stuffed again. Some schemes may not let you take a refund even if you have less than two years - again all depends on the rules.
If you take a refund then you'll lose the benefit of whatever your employer has paid into the scheme.
Feel free to email me about this if you want more info
G
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#8
Trust me, I no longer need one.
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But to seriously answer ... if the UK is anything like Belgium, yes, you can get your money back, but they will charge you big time for it, and you will end up approx. with half the money you paid. I'm pretty sure that's correct.
Theo
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But to seriously answer ... if the UK is anything like Belgium, yes, you can get your money back, but they will charge you big time for it, and you will end up approx. with half the money you paid. I'm pretty sure that's correct.
Theo
#9
You can get money out of the pension fund but it will cost you 20% of the fund value .It involves putting it into an offshore company and taking out a lone off the company which you default on but being your own company it dosn't matter to pay it back .This is frowned upon by the government but is legal.A friend of mine did it about 4 months ago and took out £120,000.If you need any info e-mail me.
#10
Unless you're lucky enough to be a higher-rate taxpayer, pensions are not that good an investment. ISAs give similar growth and you can get your hands on the money whenever you need it.
And with ISAs there's no requirement to spend most of your pension buying an annuity. Some MPs are trying to get this restriction removed but the government don't want to.
And with ISAs there's no requirement to spend most of your pension buying an annuity. Some MPs are trying to get this restriction removed but the government don't want to.
#11
You can get money out of the pension fund but it will cost you 20% of the fund value .It involves putting it into an offshore company and taking out a lone off the company which you default on but being your own company it dosn't matter to pay it back .This is frowned upon by the government but is legal.A friend of mine did it about 4 months ago and took out £120,000.If you need any info e-mail me.
#12
Unless you're lucky enough to be a higher-rate taxpayer, pensions are not that good an investment. ISAs give similar growth and you can get your hands on the money whenever you need it.
And with ISAs there's no requirement to spend most of your pension buying an annuity. Some MPs are trying to get this restriction removed but the government don't want to.
And with ISAs there's no requirement to spend most of your pension buying an annuity. Some MPs are trying to get this restriction removed but the government don't want to.
The "why must I buy an annuity" argument is quite amusing. <declares interest: Co I work for sells annuities and also "Drawdown" contracts for people who don't wan't to buy annuities> The big issue is that most people will never have a large enough pension fund for them to be able not to buy an annuity. Most advisers look for a fund of at least £100K - and some are looking for £250K these days - before they would consider it a practical solution. "Drawing down" a pension from the fund without insuring it does give you the option of a more agressive investment policy than the insurance company will use in calculating annuity rates so you may well get more income - at least initially. The thing the insured annuity has in it's favour is what is known as "mortality drag" - basically this means that because not everyone dies at the same age, the longer lived are cross subsidised by those who die younger. This means that the longer you live, the more you have to outperform the annuity company by. You pays your money and you takes your chance
#13
Few people would buy an annuity voluntarily as the annuity rates are poor, you must hand over a minimum of 75% of your pension fund forever and you cannot pass on the annuity to your dependants (except your wife if you buy that kind of annuity).
The government want their tax as you receive your pension and don't want you leaving your pension fund to your dependants but surely that's what inherintance tax is for?
I hope they do remove the compulsion to buy an annuity at 75. Sorry if that puts you out of business
The government want their tax as you receive your pension and don't want you leaving your pension fund to your dependants but surely that's what inherintance tax is for?
I hope they do remove the compulsion to buy an annuity at 75. Sorry if that puts you out of business
#14
Thanks for all your replies, I will be in contact with those of you who have offered to help me.
I really want to try and get the money back if possible, I have now
cancelled my pension with the company. The pension consisted of me
contributing 4.5% and the company 4.5% also, or something like that. II
think I may be under the two year mark with it, I am not sure, I will have
to check.
Many thanks again,
Michelle.
I really want to try and get the money back if possible, I have now
cancelled my pension with the company. The pension consisted of me
contributing 4.5% and the company 4.5% also, or something like that. II
think I may be under the two year mark with it, I am not sure, I will have
to check.
Many thanks again,
Michelle.
#15
No prob Chelle (sorry we kinda hijacked your thread though)
Kevin - put us out of business? By giving us more business from people with big pension funds who want to do clever (ie expensive) things with them? And if it happened the law would become (even) more complicated which only benefits pensions legal type people.
GM
Pensions Legal type person
Kevin - put us out of business? By giving us more business from people with big pension funds who want to do clever (ie expensive) things with them? And if it happened the law would become (even) more complicated which only benefits pensions legal type people.
GM
Pensions Legal type person
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