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In The March 2021 Budget the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced a five-year freeze to the pensions LifeTime Allowance (LTA)
The LifeTime Allowance (LTA) is the limit to which normal personal tax rates apply to pensions.
Beyond this allowance, currently £1,073,100 in March 2021, excess benefits are taxed at 55% if taken as a lump sum or 25% if taken as income which in the latter case would then be subject to income tax under PAYE.
When the LTA was first introduced in 2006, it was set at £1.5 million, a level which equated to an annual pension income of £75,000, based on a standard legislative assumption of an annuity rate of 5%.
The initial legislation set out increases for the LTA to £1.8 million in 2010/11. That proved to be the SLA’s high watermark. It was frozen in the following year and then the first of three cuts were introduced. By 2016/17 the LTA was down to £1 million.
For three tax years from 2018/19 the LTA has been index-linked, but from April 2021 it will be frozen for 5 years at £1,073,100. Had the original £1,500,000 level been index linked, the SLA would now be £2,082,100 – not far short of double the actual level.
As part of our ongoing six-monthly review process with our clients we shall of course be monitoring their LTA position.
If you are unsure of your position please do get in touch.
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