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Top tips for boosting employees’ pensions knowledge 

Employee Benefits

Need to know: Employers can tailor content and communication channels to different employee groups to help with their pensions knowledge. Losing the jargon will make the language of pensions easier to understand and more relevant to staff. They could invest in financial coaching for a more personal approach to pensions education.

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Ten Benefits of Self-Employment in Later Life

Money Talk

Tax Write-Off for Self-Employment Tax - On line 15 of Schedule 2 (for a 1040 form), self-employed workers can write off the deductible portion of their self-employment tax (calculated on Schedule SE), which will lower adjusted gross income (AGI), a trigger for many other taxes.

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Boost your bottom line: The hidden value in rethinking workplace pensions

Employee Benefits

But your organisation might be doing just that because the set-up of your workplace pension scheme has kept you blissfully unaware. Pension contributions by employers are great in principle, fostering stability and long-term economic wellbeing for employees. After all, your workplace pension is your most costly perk.

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Early and multiple interventions will improve pensions engagement!

Employee Benefits

The Work and Pensions Committee is calling for trials of automatic appointments with the Pension Wise service as part of its new ‘Stronger Nudge’ interventions. Topics can include reviewing financial goals, developing an investment strategy, maximising tax efficiencies and how to plan for retirement.

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Does crypto currency have a role to play in employers’ pay strategies?

Employee Benefits

Need to know: Crypto currency is still unusual in pay strategies with early adopters predominately technology businesses and the professional services firms that support them. Crypto currency is subject to income tax when an employee receives it but could also incur a capital gains tax charge if they hold it for more than 30 days.

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What should employers look for in a default investment strategy?

Employee Benefits

The new reporting regime for pension schemes to disclose their investment allocations to UK markets is flawed. Ken Scott, head of investment solutions at Royal London, says: “Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) best practice suggests that lifestyling is a key consideration.

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How to structure a sustainable reward strategy

Employee Benefits

Travel-related benefits, pensions and carbon-offsetting schemes can all help employees make a difference to their carbon footprint, and that of their employer. Green investments Pensions are another area where employers can have a significant impact. Refurbished options Other measures can also have an impact.

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