A brief summary of the UK pension system as an expat
The UK pension system has traditionally ranked highly in the world. However, a recent Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions Index saw the UK...
The UK pension system has traditionally ranked highly in the world. However, a recent Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions Index saw the UK...
South African expatriates should not only understand the new expatriate 2020 tax laws, which endangers their foreign income but should...
It’s really important you understand this. Something is gonna happen in your life, one day, you’re gonna stop working. And you have to...
First of all, ‘rich’ has a slightly different meaning for everyone but for the purposes of my blog name I mean ’rich’ in the...
In 2010, the Tory-Lib Dem coalition government introduced a ‘triple-lock’ to state pensions. This system guarantees that the value of the...
RBC predicts rates will be cut to minus 0.15pc in February in a move that would harm pensions and the economy's recovery from Covid...
The age at which most people start to receive the state pension has now officially hit 66 after steady rises in the qualifying age in...
You may have heard about good debt or bad debt. Debt is a very negative term but when used to leverage something that will increase in...
How many coffees a day do you drink? I’m talking Starbucks, Costa, Mug & Bean, Neros, Tim Hortons (for our canadian readers), and all...
Many expats fail to save an adequate amount for their future whilst living in the UAE, which is why relying on state pension at home can...
Pension Savings are typically set aside from pre-tax earnings and can be thought of as a useful took to build savings. Recently, the...
Share markets would have to perform far above the norm to allow pension fund managers to make up their deficits Britain’s traditional...
The 10 year tax rule recongized by the Australian Tax Office (A.T.O) allows both Australian nationals as well as Australian residents to...
This article outlines the advantages of contributing voluntary National Insurance payments as a UK expat, in order to benefit from the UK...
If you think you have gaps in your National Insurance Contributions, find out, it’s easy to get hold of your record – then you’ll know...
If you want to receive a full UK state pension when you retire then you need to have made enough national insurance contributions to...
Deciding if paying voluntary UK national insurance contributions is worthwhile as an expat is a nightmare based on where you work and how...