McInroy: guarding your pension pot post Summer Budget 2015

Changes to the tax relief on pension contributions for additional rate taxpayers and the introduction of the tapered annual allowance for those earning over £150,000 confirmed in the Summer Budget call for swift action to avoid breaking the rules on contributions, warns Elaine McInroy CTA, partner at Saffery Champness

 

The Summer Budget delivered by the Chancellor on 8 July has made significant changes to the tax relief on pension contributions available to high earners.  The Conservatives had made a manifesto commitment to cut pension relief for those earning over £150,000 or more each year and they have followed through at the earliest opportunity.

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