It emerged late yesterday that the Pre-Budget Report included yet another delay to the full implemenation of the National Pension Savings Scheme (‘NPSS’ or ‘Personal Accounts’). Read the rest of this entry »
Personal Accounts:”not another Terminal 5″
December 10th, 2009All change again for childcare…
December 4th, 2009Following significant opposition, the government has changed its planned to withdraw tax relief for new entrants to the childcare voucher scheme. Instead it will retain basic rate tax relief (20%) for all tax-payers, creating annual savings of up to £900. Read the rest of this entry »
Childcare vouchers – crèched by Government?
November 16th, 2009Gordon Brown announced significant changes to the current Childcare voucher system in his closing speech to the Labour Party conference at the end of September but last week the story became a major news item. So what exactly is happening? Read on for the latest facts.
Significant changes announced to NPSS proposals
September 25th, 2009The DWP yesterday published a staggering 218 page document updating its proposals on the introduction of the National Pension Savings Scheme (NPSS also known as Personal Accounts). Feel free to download & read the full document -alternatively read our single page summary and speak to EBS.
On a busy day for the DWP, a further three consultation papers were published, potentially the most interesting of which concerns default options for defined contributions schemes. Any key findings from that paper will be posted here shortly.
