Show Notes
It's another varied mix of questions, with a couple on catching up after a late start, avoiding the 60% tax trap and lots more.
Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/QA30
01:03 Question 1 Hi, I'm curious if you have advice, best practice or tools to advise people who have a reasonable rental property portfolio on how to plan for retirement? I am 55, have taken 50k tax free cash, and 13k a year drawdown, approx 40k left. I have 11 rental properties, but I am still remortgaging and buying more properties. Currently have about 450k available to reinvest into a few more properties, and then probably stop buying. I'm really struggling to understand how much I can/should have available to spend each month, especially as I'm still reinvesting into properties. I'm sure I should be spending way more than I am, but can't work out how best to put a retirement plan together to show how much I truly afford to spend each month. Love your content, and thanks for any advice you may be able to give. Thanks, Paul
09:49 Question 2 Hi Pete and Rog. Big fan of the podcast, keep up the good work. I am looking at ways to stay under 100k income each year to remain eligible for childcare benefits. I know if I were to make AVC into my work pension this would help to remain below that figure. I would prefer to put this money into a SIPP. My question is if I got paid the money and deposited it into a SIPP instead of my work pension will this reduce my income tax and prevent me from going over 100k and losing childcare benefits. Kind regards, Joshua
12:33 Question 3 Hello Pete and Roger, Firstly, thank you so much for such an informative podcast. I don't think I listen to a single episode without taking away something valuable! My question relates to what I should do to with money as I accumulate it for the next financial year's ISA and SIPP allowance. For context- I am 39, an NHS doctor with an NHS pension, have a paid off mortgage and have started making SIPP contributions to bring my adjusted net income below the 60% tax threshold. I am in the privileged position to be able to contribute maximum S&S ISA contributions at the beginning of each tax year and already have filled premium bonds allowance as my emergency fund. Should I put my accumulating savings in a high interest savings account until April, or am I missing out on growth each year and should I be using a GIA with a bed and ISA approach? I appreciate there may be tax on savings interest above £500 or CGT on anything over £3k gains. I just don't want to be missing out on the best approach for the next 20+ years as I hopefully continue to max out ISA and pension contributions. Thank you so much in advance and keep up the fantastic work! Paddy
16:36 Question 4 Dear Pete and Rodge, I am relatively young (36) and have started listening to your podcast relatively recently (in the last year). What I like about it best is the calming relaxed attitude that money matters are discussed in and the comforting belief that life is more important than money I think shines through. Comparison is the thief of joy I know but I find it hard to situate myself in relation to where I 'should' be financially. I stayed at university a long time (10years) and so always perceived of myself as 'in debt' and living to the brink of my means, I didn't have a credit card but I would spent all my money and save nothing. When I did eventually get a job it didn't pay much and again it was paycheck to paycheck for many years. Then came three big changes almost at once. First me and my wife had a baby daughter come along, next the company I worked for went bust and third I found your podcast! Something about the mix of these three made me sit up, take notice and want to engage with my finances where previously my head had been in the sand. I did very much feel like I was way behind the running. I managed to find a job which paid almost a third as much take home pay again and decided to set up sav
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