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Government extends pensions dashboard connection deadline

Employee Benefits

The UK government has issued an update on its planned pensions dashboards programme , stating that it needs additional delivery time and its connection deadline will be 31 October 2026. It stated that this will give the programme the flexibility to be completed effectively.

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London Underground strikes over pension changes suspended

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Several strike dates due to take place on the London Underground have been suspended following negotiations about potential reforms of Transport for London’s (TFL) pension scheme. A central government-demanded review of TFL’s pension arrangements, which is a condition of the 1 June 2021 £1.1

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Pensions Dashboards are only part of the picture – people need a wider view of their finances

Employee Benefits

The government has published statutory guidance setting out the staged timetable by which it expects pension schemes to connect to the Pensions Dashboards. With the launch of the Pensions Dashboards approaching there is potential to develop this into ‘Open Finance’ which is an extension of Open Banking.

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Useful Information from 2022 Webinars- Part 2

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Nobody has a crystal ball, but we know that tax rates will rise starting in 2026 when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expires. Someone’s effective tax rate is useful to determine tax withholding or estimated taxes for investments, pensions, and Social Security. low expense ratios) and how they react to market downturns.

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Useful Information from Recent Webinars- Part 1

Money Talk

Placing every dollar of retirement savings in tax-deferred plans can be expensive in later life as RMDs get added to other ordinary income sources such as W-2 income from a job, a pension, Social Security, interest and dividends, mutual fund capital gains distributions, and more. Market downturns are also a good time to make Roth conversions.

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Do employees really need to be concerned about the Lifetime Allowance right now?

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Therefore, people’s pension savings will likely start catching up with the frozen Allowance. This could particularly affect those who never check the value of their pension or haven’t done so for some time. Positive pension fund growth as well as a pay rise may easily push them over the LTA before they know it.

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Greggs to share £17.6 million bonus among staff

Employee Benefits

This will include the impact of the 10% national living wage increase and enhancement of its pension benefits, with staff now able to access up to 6% employer contributions. The bakery chain also implemented an 8% overall wage and salary inflation in 2023 and expects to make around an increase of around 9.5%

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