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More than a million people face surprise tax bills by HMRC, including thousands of pensioners, as triple lock pushes more ...
HMRC issued some 1.32million 'simple assessments' to pensioners in the 2023/24 tax year, up 74 per cent from the year before.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has hit hundreds of thousands of pensioners with shock tax bills. The tax office issued 1.32m “simple assessments” in the 2023-2024 tax year, up 74pc from 757,745 the year ...
Withdrawing your pot in full can give easy access to cash - but experts warn the tax hit can outweigh the benefits ...
Millions of state pensioners are being urged to act to secure up to an extra £694.43. Analysts are warning that a looming ...
Experts have warned that Rachel Reeves' so-called retirement tax disproportionately penalises the oldest pensioners in society. According to data analysis, nearly half (46%) of retirees aged between ...
As state pension payments rise, more people could find themselves in higher tax brackets and caught by the self-assessment net, as shown in the graph below. The state pension is currently worth £ ...
As the population of the UK continues to live longer, more and more people are now claiming a pension. The most common remains the state pension, designed to give people a regular retirement income ...
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