PLSA 24: How government might approach Budget pensions tax relief reform

Reform will need to raise ‘worthwhile’ sums of money ‘sooner rather than later’

Jonathan Stapleton
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Steve Webb: Raising tax is about ‘plucking the goose with the minimum amount of hissing’
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Steve Webb: Raising tax is about ‘plucking the goose with the minimum amount of hissing’

Tax relief reform will be constrained by the need to raise money quickly, simply and with a minimal amount of opposition, industry experts say.

Opening a session exploring pensions tax relief at the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association's Annual Conference this morning (17 October), PLSA policy board chair John Chilman noted that pensio...

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