Aviva: Nine in ten lose out on tax relief due to poor understanding

Michael Klimes
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Savers do not understand pensions tax relief as 90% fail to put any of their bonus into a company scheme, according to research commissioned by Aviva.

The survey of 2012 adults during February 2017 by Censuswide revealed widespread misunderstanding of what the government top-up could offer them. It found only 24% grasped the tax advantage of h...

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