Retirement

Five top retirement hotspots

The international magazine AARP has claimed that Le Marche in Italy, the Panama area of Boquete, Portuguese city Cascais, Puerto Vallarta in Mexico and France’s Languedoc-Roussillon are the best places for those seeking an expatriate retirement...

UK Government encourages Brits to work on after 65

In another move to keep tax revenue pouring in, the UK government has announced that the Default Retirement Age (DRA) is to be scrapped in the year 2011. Businesses will no longer be able to ‘retire’ workers once they reach 65...

Retire early

One of the biggest talking points to come out of the Coalition Government’s finance re-jig is the subject of pensions. The news that pension ages are to rise sooner, for both men and women, has been met with much disapproval...

QNUPS

The QNUPS allows British Expatriates to save money on taxes in their country of residence, on UK inheritance tax, along with a number of other benefits...

OAPs miss out on pension pay day

According to the Pensions Income Choice Association a large amount of retirees are not aware of the income options...

New Zealand offers new retirement visas for British expats

British expats who are interested in retiring to New Zealand will be allowed to apply for residency via a new visa which was introduced...

Elderly Brit expats given winter fuel payments regardless of income and location

Almost £15 million of UK taxpayers’ money has been handed out to elderly Brits who now live abroad...

QROPS Frequently Asked Questions

QROPS stands for a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme. This is the general term for any offshore pension scheme that is recognised by the HMRC to allow non-UK residents to transfer their UK private/corporate pension into it, tax free...

QROPS versus SIPP

A Self-invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is a government approved personal pension plan. This is distinctly different from any private pension, be it a work based pension scheme or a privately owned personal pension plan. SIPPs allow for...

Pension Plan Checklist

Having decided an offshore pension plan is the correct choice, take a look at the following checklist and consider your personal priorities...