SIPP
Is a SSAS better than a SIPP?
In discussion with Pension Practitioner .com managers. The first of three scheduled meetings. We considered how a SIPP (Self-Invested Personal Pension) could be relevant from a tax perspective, for sheltering properties and other possible investments. However, Pension Practitioner .com stated that there are circumstances, especially for small to medium sized family businesses, when [...]
Top benefits of a COMMON TRUST for SSAS members.
When a SSAS purchases a property on the behalf of its’ members, it does so as a single purchase transaction. It holds the asset in a non-allocated common trust. It is for the benefit of all members, in proportion to their share of the pension fund. The U.K. top rated SSAS provider’s, [...]
6 Points of today’s SSAS
Many experts mistakenly announced the doom of the SSAS (Small Self-Administered Scheme) at pension simplification. With every piece of pension legislation announced, the cry went up. As so often when one follows the heard blindly, all were summarily proved wrong. The “why have a SSAS when you can have a SIPP,” has [...]
Borrowing from your SSAS Pension fund to aid your company
In the third of my conversations with Pension Practitioner .com, who are the U. K’s leading SSAS provider. I put to them that in the current economic climate many companies may not have surplus fund to put away into pension funds for the future whilst the present is so uncertain.
This notion is out-dated. [...]
The Future For SSAS
The Small Self-Administered Scheme (SSAS) market is old and credible but largely unknown. Too long has this jem been hidden in the shadow of the Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP). Many do not truly realise what a SSAS offers.
For going on 35 years SSAS has languished behind SIPP in general popularity, used by only [...]
