Tax planning

Using the tax-free cash lump sum to supplement regular income payments can offer advantages over the more traditional option of taking it all at once. Scottish Widows' Gareth Davies discusses.

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The consequences of holding taxable property in a SIPP or SSAS can be onerous and will offset the tax advantages offered by such a pension solution, warns Caitlin Southall