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Nowadays there are so many investment vehicles available allowing us an income in retirement to wonder why we do actually need to cater for our older age using the most traditional methods of pension planning.
After all we can not take the money out of our pensions if we need it before we are able to retire.
We certainly accept that in modern days pensions alone will not probably provide us with all the answers.
That said, as professional planners we firmly believe that a pension scheme – whether via your employer or individual means – should still form the basis of anyone’s retirement planning.
The basic reasons are that currently the government still allows us to benefit from:
- tax relief at source, which means we have some money invested into our pension at the rate of tax we pay, even if we do not pay any tax up to a pre-determined yearly level.
- the "pension pot" still enjoys major tax breaks
- on retirement the "pension pot" can usually provide some money for us to use as we wish tax-free, as well as a lifetime income.
We honestly believe none of us should really put off planning for our mature years.
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