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Pension Freedoms: Don’t be a victim of pension crooks!

by ClearwaysAccountants | Dec 13, 2017 | Contractor, Pension planning

Beware pension crooks! According to recent reports, MP’s are to look into the effects of the pension freedoms introduced two years ago by George Osbourne. The new pension freedoms allowed you to cash in your pension pot once you reached the age of 55....

Contractors – What are your Pension contribution options?

by ClearwaysAccountants | Sep 20, 2017 | Contractor, Pension planning, Tax planning

If you work through your own limited company, you can claim tax relief through pension contributions and build your own personal pension. There are two ways of making contributions to your pension fund: personal and company pension contributions. Personal pension...

UK Pensions Crisis: Pension Planning for your retirement or work until you drop?

by ClearwaysAccountants | Sep 7, 2017 | Contractor, Pension planning

There is a savings crisis in the UK and it is estimated by Canada Life, the insurance company, that about 10 million British workers will be forced into taking later retirement. It’s also a worsening picture, with the number of people expecting to have to work longer...

Small Business Owners – pensions auto-enrolment comes to the smallest of employers

by ClearwaysAccountants | Aug 23, 2017 | Contractor, Pay, Expenses & Benefits, Pension planning, Setting up a Business, Small business advice

Auto-enrolment feels as if it has been around for years now, and for large employers it has been. The smallest companies are now reaching their staging dates – so what do you need to know or do? Check whether you are an employer? It is possible that you were...

Small Business Accounting: Auto-enrolment and Directors

by ClearwaysAccountants | Feb 3, 2016 | Pension planning, Small business advice

Auto-enrolment has reached the smallest companies… We have been asked whether a company with only directors on the payroll need to apply for a pension scheme under auto-enrolment? Generally director only companies are exempt i.e. do not have to auto-enrol the...

Scammers relish new UK pension freedoms

by ClearwaysAccountants | Oct 20, 2015 | Pension planning, Tax Tips

Beware if anyone approaches you offering to help you release the cash in your pension! Intelligence gleaned from interviews with fraudsters, currently serving time, show that they are rubbing their hands in glee at the opportunities the new pension freedoms provide...
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