Investment

The current system of pension tax relief is "unfairly skewed" leaving those on modest earnings with little reward for saving into a pension, John Lawson has said.

YOUNG WORKERS

#AS 2013

The lifetime allowance drops to £1.25m at the end of this tax year exposing some people to potential tax charges. Helen Morrissey looks at what advisers can do to protect their clients.

Increasing employer pension contributions driven by rising longevity, auto-enrolment (AE) and poor defined benefit (DB) scheme returns has held back wage growth, according to Treasury figures.

More workers will have to wait until age 68 for their state pension after the Chancellor confirmed entitlement rules would change quicker.

The government has today unveiled what it said was an unprecedented package of measures to tackle tax avoidance, evasion, fraud and error.

IFAonline.co.uk will provide full coverage of Autumn Statement 2013 from 11am on 5 December.

Carey Pensions' Christine Hallett discusses the first year of auto-enrolment and highlights the upcoming opportunities and challenges.

Adam Wrench looks at how retirees living abroad can use QROPs to protect against the lifetime allowance