ISA Advice
ISAs are now more generous and offer flexibility to save your ISA annual allowance of £20,000 (2020/21) in cash or shares or any combination of the two. Under the new ISA rules you will also be able to transfer previous years’ ISA savings freely between shares and cash if you wish.
For those interested in history Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) were introduced in April 1999. They replaced TESSAs and PEPs and are effectively a tax wrapper within which investors may hold a range of different investments. The big advantage of ISA is that interest & capital gains are tax-free: gains on investments held outside an ISA are liable to income tax and/ or capital gains tax.
Savers can invest up to £20,000 in the tax year 2020/ 21. It is important to use as much of your annual allowance as you can each tax year as it cannot be carried over into the next financial year.
Since the introduction of tax free savings in April 1999 those who have made full use of their annual allowances every year will have sheltered over £500,000 TAX FREE!
Various non-cash assets can be held within a stocks and shares ISA. These include unit trusts, open ended investment companies (OEICS) investment trusts, exchange traded funds, shares or bonds.
Watch this video where Veronica Mann explains how you can save inheritance tax and income tax using an ISA.
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