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A pensions tax break which was due to be introduced in April will now not go ahead, the government has said.
The chancellor has decided that Self Invested Personal Pensions (Sipp) will not be given immediate tax relief for investments in residential property.
The proposal had been widely described as a tax break for the rich, who could use a Sipp to buy a second home or items such as fine wine.
The plan was first announced in last year's Budget.
It would have been introduced next April as part of a radical overhaul of all tax rules surrounding pension funds, known as A-day.
A Treasury spokeswoman described the new policy as "a proportionate response to an unintended consequence of simplification."
Anyone here affected by this u-turn by Brown (aka the fat ****)?
A pensions tax break which was due to be introduced in April will now not go ahead, the government has said.
The chancellor has decided that Self Invested Personal Pensions (Sipp) will not be given immediate tax relief for investments in residential property.
The proposal had been widely described as a tax break for the rich, who could use a Sipp to buy a second home or items such as fine wine.
The plan was first announced in last year's Budget.
It would have been introduced next April as part of a radical overhaul of all tax rules surrounding pension funds, known as A-day.
A Treasury spokeswoman described the new policy as "a proportionate response to an unintended consequence of simplification."
Anyone here affected by this u-turn by Brown (aka the fat ****)?
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