The Pension Lifetime Allowance
The Pension Lifetime Allowance is the amount of money you can save tax-free into your pension throughout your life without incurring a large tax bill. In 2022-23 the Lifetime Allowance remained at £1.073m – a figure that was due to be frozen until 2026.
Spring Budget 2023 Announcement
During the Spring Budget, the Chancellor revealed that the Lifetime Allowance will be removed from 6th April 2023, and will be scrapped altogether in future finance bills.
He also increased the Pensions Annual Allowance – the amount you can save into your pension in a single year while still receiving the tax benefits. This has risen from £40,000 to £60,000 per year in 2023-24.
Additionally, the Money Purchase Annual Allowance will be increased from £4,000 to £10,000 from 6 April 2023. This directly affects people who have decided to withdraw income as well as any tax-free cash from their pensions and still wish to make additional pension contributions in the future.
Finally, Chancellor Hunt confirmed that the maximum pension commencement lump sum – most often referred to as “tax-free cash” – will remain at £268,275 and will be frozen at this amount.
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* all information is correct at the time of writing
