Petition pushing government to protect pension tax incentives gets 3,000 signatures

AJ Bell pushes to end ‘damaging speculation’ on tax-free cash and reliefs

Jenna Brown
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Petition pushing government to protect pension tax incentives gets 3,000 signatures

AJ Bell has launched a parliamentary petition pushing the government to commit to retaining pension tax incentives, a move it said would end “damaging speculation” on the future of tax-free cash and tax relief on contributions.

The provider said it wanted government to back what it is calling a ‘Pension Tax Lock', which would see ministers promise not to alter pension tax incentives for at least the remainder of this parl...

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