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Read moreHow well is the tax relief on pensions understood? Research suggests not well at all, potentially undermining saving motivations.
Of late, HMRC has been publishing past research that had previously been kept under wraps. One interesting document to emerge details research commissioned in 2015 by Ipsos – the opinion polling company – into the understanding of pension tax relief. Ipsos interviewed over 700 adults and found:
One in three opted for the safety of “don’t know”, while one in four thought the government provided no top-up. Overall awareness was no different from the average for those in or out of work or for those not currently in pension schemes. However, six in ten of those with non-workplace pensions (e.g. personal pensions) were aware of the benefit of tax relief.
There are regularly suggestions leading up to Budgets that pensions tax relief will be cut back because of its multi-billion pound cost to the Treasury. One day, a Chancellor may decide to do just that because the impact of his action will not be understood either… As the song says, “You don’t know what you’ve got (‘til it’s gone)”.
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