Pension freedoms could rake in £19.2bn of tax over next decade
Pension freedoms could generate as much as £1.9bn a year in tax revenue for the next 10 years, according to research by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).
In a briefing note published yesterday (15 October), the PPI said that, based on the way members have accessed their pension savings since the pension freedoms were introduced in April 2015, HM Revenue...
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