A Simple Guide To UK Pension Schemes

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UK Pension schemes are a tax efficient savings plan. They allow individuals to save money during their working life, sufficient to provide a comfortably income stream to live on after they have retired.

State Pensions may not produce the same level of income that you will have been accustomed to whilst working. It’s therefore important to start thinking early about how best to build up an additional retirement fund. You’re never too young to start a pension, but the longer you delay the decision, the more you will have to pay in, to build up a decent fund in later life.

There are many different UK Pension Schemes that individuals can use to save for retirement and the taxation and investment elements of pensions can appear unnecessarily complicated. Given the complexity and choice all individuals now have, it is important to seek independent financial advice before making any decisions.

The simple Did U Know – A Simple Guide to Pensions ebook will explain the most common sources of pension funds available.

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To my delight, this book appears to understand my predicament. Not only am I understood, I’m catered for. Marvellous. I’m used to financial and investment texts being dry, boring and full of caveats. None of that appears in this book. It speaks in a language I can understand and it deals with things from my perspective. It seems to help that the author is almost as anti the financial establishment as I am.

As I skimmed through the book initially I found myself stopping for the little exercises – actually completing them – and then quietly realising that I had learned something not just new but extremely useful. I don’t think you can expect to get all the answers in a book of this size, but it certainly gives me the confidence and a basic understanding to take some steps towards getting this important life skill right.

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