Planning for retirement can be complicated, as anyone approaching the end of their working life will tell you. However, navigating the myriad of choices, both financially and socially, does not have to be such an enigma. Here are a few tips to help you avoid common bad habits that retirees often fall into:
If you delay spending your pension and spend other available cash and investments first, it could provide a better tax saving strategy. Not spending your pension fund money until you have to may also help the beneficiaries of your estate avoid a large inheritance tax bill.
Inheritance tax can cost your loved ones vast sums if you were to pass away. There are plenty of ways to protect them from losing a large portion of your estate. Making gifts or leaving assets to your spouse, as well as other valuable strategies, are an effective way to avoid the tax.
Many retirees have multiple avenues of income to provide for them during retirement. Making the most out of those streams of revenue is key to a stress free retirement, as unwise investment or poor planning can lead to unnecessary worries. We recommend contacting a financial adviser in order to set out a plan that will let you focus less on worrying about income and more on enjoying your well-earned retirement.
There are a vast number of reduced priced products and services available to retirees over a certain age. This ranges from discounts on train fares to reduced prices of cinema tickets. We recommend that all pensioners take full advantage of these discounts as every penny saved provides more financial security for yourself and your loved ones.
Property can be a valuable source of retirement revenue, but it’s not the only way to create more income. Property can often incur maintenance expenses for landlords and take up time to resolve that could be spent making the most out of your retirement (though there are many pros and cons to the pension vs property discussion and it is best to seek financial advice).
When you retire, it seems that all kinds of people come crawling out of the woodwork to give you a “great” investment opportunity or insurance policy. Tactics can include contact out of the blue with promises of high / guaranteed returns and pressure to act quickly. The pensions regulator has a comprehensive pensions scam guide that’s definitely worth a read.
8 May 2019
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