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    Quote Originally Posted by RD200 View Post
    40× mine wouldn't be anywhere near the LTA sadly.
    I'm still not decided on which way to go, final salary or drawdown.

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    40x highly unlikely and still very rare. If you have doubt and are undecided then the only choice is not to transfer. In other words if in doubt do nowt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyBin5 View Post
    40x highly unlikely and still very rare. If you have doubt and are undecided then the only choice is not to transfer. In other words if in doubt do nowt.
    Last quote I got, the multiple was around 32.
    I'm in no hurry even if I am jacking in working in December

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    Update:

    Well it's been a few months into retirement for me.

    Background:
    Luckily I have a fairly large DB plan (transfer value approx 70% of LTA) and a smaller DC scheme (approx 20% LTA) - decided to keep the DB plan and when necessary draw down on the DC scheme but keep the DC in high risk funds for maximum gain.

    Past:
    First month was busy helping re-painting my wife's flat that provides rental income. And she already has the state pension.

    Financial planning: I've put maximum cash I could, including previous years allowance contributions into my DC pension scheme to recover some of the 40% tax on my redundancy payment that nearly took me nearly to the 45% bracket. Then immediately drew down the maximum 25% tax free amount as a lump sum leaving the balance in a crystallised draw-down state. And I can claim back 20% tax on that cash contribution at the end of 2019-20 tax year if I have no other income - so it's a win-win really. I also need to transfer a small 2y USS schema to DC plan - need to sort that out.

    Current Living expenses:
    I calculate that lump sum + remaining redundancy should last about 2 years, at our current burn rate. This is without taking any pension income. I could also draw up to the Income tax free amount from my DC scheme (assuming there is a tax free threshold)

    Future:
    We are selling our house (at pre-planning phase with developers) and want to move to a somewhat smaller property - so could release something like £xxxK equity depending where we move to. Also, in 2 years time I plan to take the DB pension which gives about £xxxK tax free and then a pension around £xxK / annum. And also can draw down on the crystallised DC yearly if we need extra cash, until state pension kicks in at 67. We have some cash (approx £xxxK) in various accounts (ISA etc) too consider. So will take stock again after completion of the house sale and move.

    Plans
    phew - after nearly 40y of working for other people I have a few 'hobbies' to continue to catch up on:

    Bee Keeping
    Photography
    Music (singing and clarinet)
    Fine Art - just started
    Hiking
    Gym - got keep fit
    Watches?!
    Gardening

    I'll check back in 6 months when the house situation may be firmer (as well as our countries economic climate).

    I decided to xxx out the actual values - but you get the idea.

    Martyn
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    Quote Originally Posted by MartynJC (UK) View Post
    Update:

    Well it's been a few months into retirement for me.

    Background:
    Luckily I have a fairly large DB plan (transfer value approx 70% of LTA) and a smaller DC scheme (approx 20% LTA) - decided to keep the DB plan and when necessary draw down on the DC scheme but keep the DC in high risk funds for maximum gain.

    Past:
    First month was busy helping re-painting my wife's flat that provides rental income. And she already has the state pension.

    Financial planning: I've put maximum cash I could, including previous years allowance contributions into my DC pension scheme to recover some of the 40% tax on my redundancy payment that nearly took me nearly to the 45% bracket. Then immediately drew down the maximum 25% tax free amount as a lump sum leaving the balance in a crystallised draw-down state. And I can claim back 20% tax on that cash contribution at the end of 2019-20 tax year if I have no other income - so it's a win-win really. I also need to transfer a small 2y USS schema to DC plan - need to sort that out.

    Current Living expenses:
    I calculate that lump sum + remaining redundancy should last about 2 years, at our current burn rate. This is without taking any pension income. I could also draw up to the Income tax free amount from my DC scheme (assuming there is a tax free threshold)

    Future:
    We are selling our house (at pre-planning phase with developers) and want to move to a somewhat smaller property - so could release something like £xxxK equity depending where we move to. Also, in 2 years time I plan to take the DB pension which gives about £xxxK tax free and then a pension around £xxK / annum. And also can draw down on the crystallised DC yearly if we need extra cash, until state pension kicks in at 67. We have some cash (approx £xxxK) in various accounts (ISA etc) too consider. So will take stock again after completion of the house sale and move.

    Plans
    phew - after nearly 40y of working for other people I have a few 'hobbies' to continue to catch up on:

    Bee Keeping
    Photography
    Music (singing and clarinet)
    Fine Art - just started
    Hiking
    Gym - got keep fit
    Watches?!
    Gardening

    I'll check back in 6 months when the house situation may be firmer (as well as our countries economic climate).

    I decided to xxx out the actual values - but you get the idea.

    Martyn
    Well done Martyn. Only observation I have is why take the full 25% PCLS in one go. It was sitting in a tax free environment - you could have drawn it out as you needed it leaving the rest to grow. Doing that could have resulted in slightly more TFC potentially. Have fun with those hobbies !!

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    Sounds like a great future planned Martyn, Enjoy

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyBin5 View Post
    Well done Martyn. Only observation I have is why take the full 25% PCLS in one go. It was sitting in a tax free environment - you could have drawn it out as you needed it leaving the rest to grow. Doing that could have resulted in slightly more TFC potentially. Have fun with those hobbies !!
    I guess am just hedging my bets - I feel the world economy is on a rough ride and the remaining money is in high risk funds - so felt I should keep it in cash reserves. But you are right - I could have done multiple draw downs to the 25% limit - in hind site perhaps I should have left some until later. I hope to move my 2y USS pension over to this scheme so I'll leave that alone. It's well below the £30K value so doesn't need an IFA to sanction the move across.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MartynJC (UK) View Post
    I guess am just hedging my bets - I feel the world economy is on a rough ride and the remaining money is in high risk funds - so felt I should keep it in cash reserves. But you are right - I could have done multiple draw downs to the 25% limit - in hind site perhaps I should have left some until later. I hope to move my 2y USS pension over to this scheme so I'll leave that alone. It's well below the £30K value so doesn't need an IFA to sanction the move across.
    A DC pension (or AVC) even if over 30k doesn’t need to be rubber stamped by an IFA to be moved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maris View Post
    A DC pension (or AVC) even if over 30k doesn’t need to be rubber stamped by an IFA to be moved.
    Agreed - but my USS is a DB scheme. I think over £30K requires mandatory financial advice to move to a DC scheme) - luckily I guess mine is below that threshold. M.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ichaice View Post
    Well done OP, you've got a plan and hopefully a rosy future ahead.

    I'm interested in people's thoughts about moving from the accumulation phase to the spending phase (starting retirement). When is the right time to do it as in when is enough? Why carry on accumulating when you'll probably never spend it anyways. There has to be a tipping point when you know all things being even you'll be ok.
    When you still have enough health to enjoy your wealth. And enough wealth to enjoy your health.

    (Can’t take it with you - of course depends on if you want to leave anything for kids etc or are they on their own?).

    I figured the optimal spending phase for me is between 60 and 80. So need to cover lifestyle costs for approx 20years. So plan investments accordingly.

    Passed that I figure I will probably want a more gentle life. I want to spend time with my prettier half as she is a bit older than me and neither of us is getting younger.
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    Im 60 tomorrow....

    I will retire in the early summer...probably June.

    I honestly cant wait! I work as a train driver..so do stupid shifts, starting and finishing ridiculous times of the day!

    I have had a look at what pension I will get....it looks fine to me..Everybody is different, as to when they want to retire/how much money they neeed etc etc..

    Personally......I cant wait! I will spend the winter months in Thailand, and the rest of the time ,home in sunny south wales...or wherever I want to be...as long as my health holds up...

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    I had a beer with a mate of mine over Christmas and he said he’d been offer a multiple of 51 times his annual DB pension to cash it in.

    His DB pension is worth £20k, so that’s a cash in of over £1 million, which bumps him up to the personal allowance if he goes ahead with it.

    I’ve only ever heard of maximum multiples of 35 before this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noTAGlove View Post
    I had a beer with a mate of mine over Christmas and he said he’d been offer a multiple of 51 times his annual DB pension to cash it in.

    His DB pension is worth £20k, so that’s a cash in of over £1 million, which bumps him up to the personal allowance if he goes ahead with it.

    I’ve only ever heard of maximum multiples of 35 before this.
    Mine was over 40x. Being pedantic it is the “ Lifetime Allowance” which is now £1,055,000 and expected to be £1,073,000 in the next tax year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ichaice View Post
    Well done OP, you've got a plan and hopefully a rosy future ahead.

    I'm interested in people's thoughts about moving from the accumulation phase to the spending phase (starting retirement). When is the right time to do it as in when is enough? Why carry on accumulating when you'll probably never spend it anyways. There has to be a tipping point when you know all things being even you'll be ok.
    That really is the million dollar question, and I expect it will be causing headaches for a growing number of people as more and more of us are sitting on a lump sum with no guarantee of income.

    How much do you need to live on when you retire, how long are you going to live for, how will your retirement pot change in value over that time and what will inflation be? Just answer all of those and you’re well on your way ;-)

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    I'll retire in Thailand and figure if I spent £40k a year there with no rent to pay that'll be perfect. So a pension pot of £1m would do that kept invested in an index tracker whilst maintaining the balance and no need to take equity from properties.

    No DB pension for me as I was too young to benefit from these schemes so all done via private pension like most millennials. I'm 42 so a while to go anyway.

    Advice would be to stick as much as you can as early as you can into a pension. For example if you had £100k in a US market tracker at age 35, then even if you didn't pay a single penny into it thereafter you would have over £1m in today's money by age 65 assuming historical growth continues. Or put it another way, instead of subscribing to the banal vanity project of buying your newborns a pointless Rolex to hand over at age 21 why not stick £10k at birth into aforementioned index tracker as that would be the same £1m in today's money by age 65 which means your gift to your child would be to help them focus on enjoying their lives knowing that their retirement was sorted already.



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    put it another way, instead of subscribing to the banal vanity project of buying your newborns a pointless Rolex to hand over at age 21 why not stick £10k at birth into aforementioned index tracker as that would be the same £1m in today's money by age 65 which means your gift to your child would be to help them focus on enjoying their lives knowing that their retirement was sorted already.

    Interested in this, my kids 4&7 each have about £10k each in savings accounts, anyone know at what age I could stick it in some sort of pension for them ?

    I guess to lose that money over the next 50 years would be annoying rather than life changing


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    You could put £2,880 into a pension for your children every year. With tax relief it takes it to £3,600. Quite a few grand parents and a few parents have done this. They say if you did it from birth to 18 they would never have to worry about retirement.

    The only disadvantage is that it can’t be accessed to 55 . . . .
    The biggest advantage is it can’t be accessed to 55 . . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryanb741 View Post
    I'll retire in Thailand and figure if I spent £40k a year there with no rent to pay that'll be perfect. So a pension pot of £1m would do that kept invested in an index tracker whilst maintaining the balance and no need to take equity from properties.

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    Ryan it’s worth taking into account that £1m today will have a lot less buying power into say 10 or 20 years times so that pot may need to be £1.5m by then (if the LTA rises of course). That said £1m then will still be far more than most people will ever have and you can always take more in,the early years until the state one kicks in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devonian View Post
    Ryan it’s worth taking into account that £1m today will have a lot less buying power into say 10 or 20 years times so that pot may need to be £1.5m by then (if the LTA rises of course). That said £1m then will still be far more than most people will ever have and you can always take more in,the early years until the state one kicks in.
    Hi. I meant £1m in today's money, so maybe £1.5m actual money then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryanb741 View Post
    Hi. I meant £1m in today's money, so maybe £1.5m actual money then.

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    I may have to take some Financial Advice wether to take the multiples against my DB scheme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devonian View Post
    You could put £2,880 into a pension for your children every year. With tax relief it takes it to £3,600. Quite a few grand parents and a few parents have done this. They say if you did it from birth to 18 they would never have to worry about retirement.

    The only disadvantage is that it can’t be accessed to 55 . . . .
    The biggest advantage is it can’t be accessed to 55 . . . .
    I've been paying £84 a month into a SIPP for each of my two children since birth. The government adds another £21 to that. £84 because that was the child allowance at the time my daughter was born.

    My daughter is 18 in March and she has about £46,000 in her SIPP, & my 10 year old son has about £20K. Not a bad start for them and something for them to build on when they start working.
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    Out of interest, who on the forum has retired the youngest?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ventura View Post
    Out of interest, who on the forum has retired the youngest?
    I’m mortgage free with savings. 35 and work for myself. I suppose I could “retire” at any time but I would be worried about future income so I keep going. (Mostly property related investments). I was thinking the other day, I’d probably be happy with house around £650k in uk paid for, house abroad somewhere hot to live in say £350k and £50k a year for next 30 years min so I reckon a £2.5 million pot would see me out! (I’m quite far away so will keep going!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by trident-7 View Post
    I've been paying £84 a month into a SIPP for each of my two children since birth. The government adds another £21 to that. £84 because that was the child allowance at the time my daughter was born.

    My daughter is 18 in March and she has about £46,000 in her SIPP, & my 10 year old son has about £10K. Not a bad start for them and something for them to build on when they start working.
    That is a great start for your kids. Wish I had done something similar with a SIPP for mine - ours have some ISA savings which will mature when they turn 18, but nowhere near the £46k you mention!

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    I don't know anything about sipps but presumably the child cannot access the money until they are 55?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowdon View Post
    I don't know anything about sipps but presumably the child cannot access the money until they are 55?
    Correct - assuming that some future government doesn't push back further retirement age, for private pensions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowdon View Post
    I don't know anything about sipps but presumably the child cannot access the money until they are 55?
    Yes, and considering my 10 year old son's track record of spending £500 on Fortnite using my credit card, that's not necessarily a bad thing :-/

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    Quote Originally Posted by David_D View Post
    Correct - assuming that some future government doesn't push back further retirement age, for private pensions.
    Never say never...

    From the Pensions Advisory Service:

    In a consultation document from 2014, the government proposed that the normal minimum pension age (the earliest age you may be able to take your pension benefits) should increase from age 55 to age 57 in 2028. It would increase at the same rate as the increase in the State Pension age from then on. This means that the minimum pension age would remain ten years below State Pension age.

    However, there is currently nothing in the legislation to state that the normal minimum pension age will increase in 2028.
    Personally I’m targeting 62, although may increase that depending on my wife’s circumstances closer to the time.

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    From my perspective I have an autistic son and whilst he is only 6 and who knows the future I want to plan for the fact that he may not be able to care for himself when we are gone. So by putting all into a SIPP that he can access at 60 or whatever I figure one of myself or my wife will still be around then and he will have ample funds for whatever care he may need, plus access to what is left of my SIPP, the value of my property in London, he has Land in Thailand also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alasdairmc View Post
    Never say never...

    From the Pensions Advisory Service:



    Personally I’m targeting 62, although may increase that depending on my wife’s circumstances closer to the time.
    It’s the uncertainty and power that Govt has to potentially move goal posts which has always made me leery of over reliance on a pension.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryanb741 View Post
    From my perspective I have an autistic son and whilst he is only 6 and who knows the future I want to plan for the fact that he may not be able to care for himself when we are gone. So by putting all into a SIPP that he can access at 60 or whatever I figure one of myself or my wife will still be around then and he will have ample funds for whatever care he may need, plus access to what is left of my SIPP, the value of my property in London, he has Land in Thailand also.

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    Have you sought financial advice on this? Certain types of trust can be set up to provide care for vulnerable dependents, with special tax treatment. I have a relative who is beneficiary to one of these, to ensure they still have an income and good quality of life in future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alasdairmc View Post
    Have you sought financial advice on this? Certain types of trust can be set up to provide care for vulnerable dependents, with special tax treatment. I have a relative who is beneficiary to one of these, to ensure they still have an income and good quality of life in future.
    Ah ok no i haven't. I'll look into this thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryanb741 View Post
    From my perspective I have an autistic son and whilst he is only 6 and who knows the future I want to plan for the fact that he may not be able to care for himself when we are gone. So by putting all into a SIPP that he can access at 60 or whatever I figure one of myself or my wife will still be around then and he will have ample funds for whatever care he may need, plus access to what is left of my SIPP, the value of my property in London, he has Land in Thailand also.

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    Ah ok no i haven't. I'll look into this thanks

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    Could be worth considering creating a trust where he has a regular income stream instead of having access to all of the capital which is what would happen at 18 unless you have a Will in place with specific instructions. Also bare in mind if you have life cover for your mortgage and/or through work your assets could be a lot more than you think as most people don’t tend to consider that (as they aren’t an asset unless someone dies). Might also be worth writing that in trust as well if you haven’t already.

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    Rather than a SIPP for children, also consider a Stakeholder. Lower charges and still a reasonable choice of funds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by craig1912 View Post
    Rather than a SIPP for children, also consider a Stakeholder. Lower charges and still a reasonable choice of funds.
    this, go for a stakeholder or PP with a recognised large provider with low charges, for initially small fund values the cost of most SIPPs will be a bit toppy and unnecessary. I'd suggest going high risk as this money doesn't need to be worried about in the way that us approaching retirement do and you can forget about the day to day worry about volatility for the next 30-40 years.

    the least exciting thing you can do for kids or grand kids but a really useful financial planning tool for gifting, IHT planning & their long term wealth planning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by westberks View Post
    this, go for a stakeholder or PP with a recognised large provider with low charges, for initially small fund values the cost of most SIPPs will be a bit toppy and unnecessary. I'd suggest going high risk as this money doesn't need to be worried about in the way that us approaching retirement do and you can forget about the day to day worry about volatility for the next 30-40 years.

    the least exciting thing you can do for kids or grand kids but a really useful financial planning tool for gifting, IHT planning & their long term wealth planning.
    Sipps are mostly cheaper than stakeholder charge levels these days. Also despite long term being better for high risk you can’t just assume high risk is appropriate without first doing a risk appetite assessment / discussion with the person. I have plenty very cautious clients with over 25 yrs till they retire who wouldn’t dream of taking anything approaching high risk. Horses for courses and all that.

    Agree with everything else you said though

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    Quote Originally Posted by MartynJC (UK) View Post
    Update:

    Current Living expenses:
    I calculate that lump sum + remaining redundancy should last about 2 years, at our current burn rate. This is without taking any pension income. I could also draw up to the Income tax free amount from my DC scheme (assuming there is a tax free threshold)

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    once you get to the new tax year it may be worth drawing the personal allowance if you have no other taxable income. This will be 0% tax on £12,500 (19/20 allowance) once the taxman realises you have no other income and you can squirrel away a small extra sum for a couple of years into your ISAs or similar. Fairly small amount considering your overall position but every penny counts. Check the USS value too as I had a client recently where the revaluation took it over £30k and i had to get involved.

    the multiplier on DB transfers varies massively and we've seen them as low as 18 (leave the hell alone) and as high as mid 40s; hard to weigh up the pro's & con's as there really isn't a right answer but best to be informed. Ongoing low gilt rates seem to be holding up the high transfer values but the regulators & PI providers are being very particualr over what they see as a 'good' transfer; rightly so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyBin5 View Post
    Sipps are mostly cheaper than stakeholder charge levels these days. Also despite long term being better for high risk you can’t just assume high risk is appropriate without first doing a risk appetite assessment / discussion with the person. I have plenty very cautious clients with over 25 yrs till they retire who wouldn’t dream of taking anything approaching high risk. Horses for courses and all that.

    Agree with everything else you said though
    A lot have people have stumbled into SIPPs thinking they are somehow superior to a conventional PP & incur annual fees with some providers and high fund charges without realising; it was more a general cautionary note to take care of the charges overall.

    As for the risk factor; whilst a tad simplistic, my point was that lots of people treat the money as if they need it today when this clearly isn't the case. If this is grandchildren money it could be invested for up to 50-60 years, so people probably need to reconsider the risk rating slightly. I'm not suggesting investing in the 3.30 at Ascot but equally most children's savings are in cash or low risk due to the nature & timeline of the savings; whereas this is a slightly different approach. The vast majority of my clients are pre-post retirement and fairly cautious but I do have the risk/reward chat with a different perspective on this subject; particularly as we are usually drip feeding in annually a relatively small amount due to the contribution limits/gift allowance etc so I try to treat this as a risk strategy in isolation from clients general planning.

    but, as you say; horses etc

    this chat is making me think about retirement asap for myself too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by westberks View Post

    this chat is making me think about retirement asap for myself too!
    That’s a good thing .

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    The total charge on my sons stakeholder is 0.55% which I’m ok with. As it’s got 40 ish years to run it’s invested 100% in equities (various funds) as there is no point in being cautious over that sort of time frame.
    My own funds are far more cautious now I have retired as I’m looking for steadier growth (to cover what I draw down) with less volatility.
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    Quote Originally Posted by westberks View Post
    once you get to the new tax year it may be worth drawing the personal allowance if you have no other taxable income. This will be 0% tax on £12,500 (19/20 allowance) once the taxman realises you have no other income and you can squirrel away a small extra sum for a couple of years into your ISAs or similar. Fairly small amount considering your overall position but every penny counts. Check the USS value too as I had a client recently where the revaluation took it over £30k and i had to get involved.

    the multiplier on DB transfers varies massively and we've seen them as low as 18 (leave the hell alone) and as high as mid 40s; hard to weigh up the pro's & con's as there really isn't a right answer but best to be informed. Ongoing low gilt rates seem to be holding up the high transfer values but the regulators & PI providers are being very particualr over what they see as a 'good' transfer; rightly so.
    Thanks for the advise - yeh could be useful - though if my DB scheme gets triggered if I need the tax free lump sum - the income provided per year will be £19K taking me into the basic rate tax bracket.

    Situation has become interesting.

    We are in Portugal looking at properties and we both really adore one property that is modern design and good location and within budget - but only if I draw on my DB scheme as we have not sold our UK property yet (unlikely to complete for another 6 months). Seller is willing to be flexible on the completion date anyway.

    So question - anyone got experience of emigrating to Portugal...

    I thought it may be difficult to buy / sell so many watches to the UK - though round trip flights are not expensive I realise!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MartynJC (UK) View Post
    Thanks for the advise - yeh could be useful - though if my DB scheme gets triggered if I need the tax free lump sum - the income provided per year will be £19K taking me into the basic rate tax bracket.

    Situation has become interesting.

    We are in Portugal looking at properties and we both really adore one property that is modern design and good location and within budget - but only if I draw on my DB scheme as we have not sold our UK property yet (unlikely to complete for another 6 months). Seller is willing to be flexible on the completion date anyway.

    So question - anyone got experience of emigrating to Portugal...

    I thought it may be difficult to buy / sell so many watches to the UK - though round trip flights are not expensive I realise!

    Martyn
    Useful tax advantages if you apply for Non-habitual residency in Portugal

    https://www.qropsspecialists.com/uk-...g-to-portugal/

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    Quote Originally Posted by bambam View Post
    That is a great start for your kids. Wish I had done something similar with a SIPP for mine - ours have some ISA savings which will mature when they turn 18, but nowhere near the £46k you mention!
    That was a VERY smart move. Your daughter is ending up with 600k by the time she reaches pension age at 6.5% annual return (assumed) without having to put a single additional penny into her pension!

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    Slight update:

    Decision made: we are moving to Portugal, permanently. Wife and I have agreed on this next phase of our journey.

    We have consulted with tax accountants here in Portugal (still in the middle of an extended stay looking at properties and to get a feel for life beyond the 2 week break) today and all looks promising.

    Have a short list of three properties and we have made an initial offer on one, though it was rejected (as expected).

    All rather exciting. Of course we will miss out ties to the UK, but we were planning to move anyway, so don’t see that so much of an issue.



    :smiley face:

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    That sounds very exciting! So will you sell up completely in the UK and move wholesale to Portugal or still keep a base here?

    Either way, that view looks great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MartynJC (UK) View Post
    Slight update:

    Decision made: we are moving to Portugal, permanently. Wife and I have agreed on this next phase of our journey.
    Congratulations Martyn, this is an exciting time for you both and I look forward to following your journey via TZ. My wife and I are quite the gypsies and often ponder on where we may live later in life and Portugal is at the top of the list. I loved Porto when I spent a week there last year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bambam View Post
    That sounds very exciting! So will you sell up completely in the UK and move wholesale to Portugal or still keep a base here?

    Either way, that view looks great.
    Planning to sell up in UK And become resident in Portugal, though the wife has a little 2 bed flat she lets out in UK, so could possibly return. Wife’s family from Calif. USA so a bit more bother to get there from Portugal I guess. I only see my sister at Christmas time year on year so no change there. It is a £50 flight back to Gatwick so very feasible to pop back for a visit.

    I think we may have a few visitors so getting a property with a spare bedroom in mind!

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    That's so exciting Martyn! Wish you and the wife all the best with the move - Portugal sounds lovely. I will miss your pots of honey though - unless you're doing it in Portugal :)

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    Sounds good and looks lovely. Added logistics re Cali but not like you'll be doing that monthly. How long until you're bee keeping over there?

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    The cost of living in Portugal is even cheaper than in Spain and as been previously stated, if you play your cards right, your UK income that you transfer into Portugal will be tax free for 10 years.

    I have a Villa in Spain and use it for 24 weeks a year and it makes retirement so much better. The thought of spending say 45 weeks every year in the UK during retirement would drive me nuts.

    The only advice I would offer is the same advice that I was given and of course ignored is to rent for the first six months. This gives you time to pick the most suitable area for your needs. Also chat to the local ex pats who will know all the pros and cons of every district in the locality.

    Me and the wife are currently having "discussions" over Spain. I like having a foot in both Spain and the UK whereas she wants to move full time to Spain due to the better weather and lifestyle. I am slowly coming around to her way of thinking.

    You are definitely making the right decision.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick P View Post
    The cost of living in Portugal is even cheaper than in Spain and as been previously stated, if you play your cards right, your UK income that you transfer into Portugal will be tax free for 10 years.

    I have a Villa in Spain and use it for 24 weeks a year and it makes retirement so much better. The thought of spending say 45 weeks every year in the UK during retirement would drive me nuts.

    The only advice I would offer is the same advice that I was given and of course ignored is to rent for the first six months. This gives you time to pick the most suitable area for your needs. Also chat to the local ex pats who will know all the pros and cons of every district in the locality.

    Me and the wife are currently having "discussions" over Spain. I like having a foot in both Spain and the UK whereas she wants to move full time to Spain due to the better weather and lifestyle. I am slowly coming around to her way of thinking.

    You are definitely making the right decision.
    As my wife is Spanish we're 5-6yrs away from moving there ourself. I'll be taking early retirement, I'm happy with trading pension value for more years of semi/retirement. Wife will be picking up a job (for at least 5 years, probably 10) so that she qualifies for Spanish State pension (which is considerably more generous than here). We have a flat already so will use it as a base to find or build a retirement villa for ourselves.

    I know we're probably going to need to take some specific advice as Spanish taxation does vary within regions - espeically things like spousal transfers and property inheritance, but if anyone's got advice, then I'd be happy to hear it?
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