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Under current rules, there is nothing to stop a parent making a contribution into the pension of an adult child. With millions of younger workers having been newly enrolled into a workplace pension, many now have a pension for the first time but are only making very modest contributions.<\/p>\n
Building a more meaningful retirement pot <\/strong> A campaign has been launched by Royal London to make parents aware of the \u2018hidden advantages\u2019 of paying into the pension pot of their adult children. It is a little known fact that a parent who puts money into their child\u2019s pension could be doing them a favour three times over.<\/p>\n Improving long-term financial security <\/strong> Not every parent has spare cash to pay in to their children\u2019s pensions, but many will be in a better financial position than their children can expect to enjoy. By paying in to their children\u2019s pension, they can give them a triple boost and improve their long-term financial security.<\/p>\n Recipient receives basic-rate tax relief<\/strong> In addition, there are two further benefits to the recipient:<\/strong><\/p>\n If the recipient is a higher-rate taxpayer, he or she can claim higher-rate relief on the contribution made by the parent; this would be done through the annual tax return process and would reduce the tax bill of the recipient.<\/p>\n If the recipient is affected by the \u2018high income child benefit charge\u2019 and is earning in the \u00a350,000-\u00a360,000 bracket or slightly above, the money contributed by the parent is deducted from their income before the high income child benefit charge is worked out, thereby reducing their tax charge; for example, if the recipient is earning \u00a360,000 and therefore faces a child benefit tax charge of 100% of their child benefit amount, a pension contribution by the parent of \u00a38,000 grossed up to \u00a310,000 by tax relief would reduce the recipient\u2019s income to \u00a350,000 for purposes of the child benefit charge and would completely eliminate the tax charge.<\/p>\n Reducing a future inheritance tax bill<\/strong> The amount that the parent can contribute with the benefit of pension tax relief is not limited by the parent\u2019s pension tax relief limit but by the limit that their children face \u2013 which in many cases will be up to their annual salary or \u00a340,000, whichever is the lower.<\/p>\n Contributing money into a child\u2019s pension<\/strong> For example, the \u2018normal expenditure from income exemption\u2019, which is unlimited, would apply if the contributions are not at such a level so as to reduce the current standard of living of the parents and are made on a regular basis, such as an annual contribution from the parents\u2019 regular income.<\/p>\n A PENSION IS A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT.<\/p>\n THE FUND VALUE MAY FLUCTUATE AND CAN GO DOWN, WHICH WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE LEVEL OF PENSION BENEFITS AVAILABLE.<\/p>\n PENSIONS ARE NOT NORMALLY ACCESSIBLE UNTIL AGE 55. YOUR PENSION INCOME COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED BY INTEREST RATES AT THE TIME YOU TAKE YOUR BENEFITS. THE TAX IMPLICATIONS OF PENSION WITHDRAWALS WILL BE BASED ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, TAX LEGISLATION AND REGULATION, WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.<\/p>\n THE VALUE OF INVESTMENTS AND INCOME FROM THEM MAY GO DOWN. YOU MAY NOT GET BACK THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT INVESTED.<\/p>\n PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT A RELIABLE INDICATOR OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don\u2019t miss out on this little-known tax rule For those parents who have spare cash, putting money into their children\u2019s pension will boost the retirement prospects of their offspring. The money will be topped up by the addition of tax relief and could also earn their children a tax refund if they are higher-rate taxpayers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarksonhall.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAn additional contribution from parents early in their working life, benefiting from compound interest as it grows, could help them to build a more meaningful retirement pot and is money that cannot be touched until later in life.<\/p>\n
\nFirst, the recipient will get a boost to their retirement pot, including tax relief at the basic rate. Second, recipients who are higher-rate taxpayers can claim higher-rate tax relief on their parents\u2019 contributions, which will increase their disposable income. And third, recipients affected by the high income child benefit charge can see this penalty reduced because of their parents\u2019 generosity.<\/p>\n
\nA little-known feature of the pensions system, however, is that the contribution by the parent is treated as if it had been made by the recipient. So, for example, if a parent pays \u00a3800 into their child\u2019s personal pension, the recipient will get basic-rate tax relief on the contribution, taking the amount in the pot up to \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n
\nApart from generally wanting to help their children, parents may be interested in this idea particularly because they may be up against their own annual limits for pension contributions and may therefore have spare cash. Contributions may reduce future Inheritance Tax bills if they qualify for one of the standard exemptions, such as regular gifts made from regular income.<\/p>\n
\nParents can also contribute money into a child\u2019s pension, which will reduce the size of their estate for Inheritance Tax purposes on death if a valid Inheritance Tax exemption applies or after seven years if there isn\u2019t a valid exemption.<\/p>\n