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Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:46

Jones-Tinsley: Closing date looms for Individual Protection 2014

James Jones-Tinsley , Self-Invested Pensions Technical Specialist for Barnett Waddingham LLP

A-Day on 6 April 2006 ushered in a new taxation regime for pensions, under the heading of Pension Simplification (no sniggering at the back, please).

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Friday, 10 February 2017 15:36

Is HMRC channelling the magic of Mr Benn?

James Jones-Tinsley is the Self-Invested Pensions Technical Specialist for Barnett Waddingham LLP

Those of a certain vintage will remember the animated children’s TV programme, “Mr Benn”, where each episode featured the line, “and then – as if by magic – the shopkeeper appeared”.

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Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:14

Jones-Tinsley: Pension change a ‘sledgehammer to crack a walnut’

Reduction in the MPAA: a sign of things to come?

Sitting here amidst a post-Christmas lull, whilst tucking into a seventh meal comprised of turkey, my mind naturally drifts to the Autumn Statement consultation about reducing the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) from £10,000 to £4,000 with effect from 6 April 2017.

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Tuesday, 22 November 2016 09:43

Jones-Tinsley: What’s the Revenue got against in specie?

During the summer, HMRC unexpectedly began challenging Sipp providers on whether net pension contributions can be made in specie, (that is, a change of legal ownership without sell/buy transactions).

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Friday, 30 September 2016 12:17

Jones-Tinsley: Cart before horse nonsense has to stop

Regular readers may recall the first Blog that I wrote for Sipps Professional in December last year, entitled “The Law is a Drag”.

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Friday, 26 August 2016 11:07

James Jones-Tinsley: Sipp rule aims may be lost in translation

The much-anticipated capital adequacy regime for SIPPs is finally upon us, and providers now have to get out their abacuses, and remove their shoes and socks, in order to undertake the calculations that will determine the requisite size of their capital reserves, underpinning the membership of their SIPP book of business and portfolio of assets.

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Thursday, 21 July 2016 09:36

James Jones-Tinsley: The Brexit Sipps gold rush

Who could have predicted the political machinations that have unfolded since the UK narrowly voted ‘Leave’ on June 23rd, with more sackings and resignations in the last three weeks, than during a normal week at Leeds United.

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Friday, 01 July 2016 09:55

Jones-Tinsley: These people can forget the workplace pension

Auto-enrolment is now entering a critical phase, with approximately 1.8 million small and micro-employers attaining their ‘Staging Date’ during this year and next.

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Thursday, 31 March 2016 16:36