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Topic: Pensions for the self employed

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Vladimir Putin

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The Times

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Democrat, Socialist, Capitalist

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Tax Collector, Bus Driver

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Paying off their mortgage, Working

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Wasting money

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"Any man who is under 30 , and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains." - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

For self employed individuals or where an employer does not have an occupational pension scheme they must establish a private pension scheme.
Employed and self-employed persons have a legal obligation to pay contributions to their respective occupational pension funds.
The National Pensions Act also provides for the payment of contributions on a voluntary basis by self-employed and non-employed persons.

John Fielding,
CEO

Independent Financial Advisers who offer specialist Independent Financial Advice on Stakeholder Pensions to Employers, Employees and the Self Employed.
Stakeholder pensions are available to people in employment, fixed contract workers, the self-employed and people who may not be working but can afford to contribute.
The scheme member will be able to make regular and single contributions to a personal pension and stakeholder pensions during the tax year and this flexibility is particularly beneficial to the self employed.

Craig Leveaux,
Blogger

Retirement annuity This was a way that self-employed people, or people whose job did not offer an occupational pension scheme , could save for retirement.
Pensions for the self-employed If you are self-employed, it is especially important that you think carefully about how to provide for your retirement.
If you are currently self employed or working in a non-pensionable job then now is the time to invest in a pension plan.

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