Lump sum offer for delayed pension claim.

Financial Adviser;  March 4, 2004 ;     390 words ...A LUMP sum looks set to be made available to pensioners...their state pension are set to receive a lump sum with an interest rate calculated at least...be kept at 65. The option to build up a lump sum by postponing the state pension would...

Lump sum or annuity: Which one is better?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......retirement question without a wrong answer: Lump sum or annuity? Unfortunately, there's not...rest of his life. The alternative is a lump sum. It's one big check instead of the stream...annuity. Others probably should take the lump sum. But for most folks facing retirement...

Lump Sum or Annuity: Which One Is Better?

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ......retirement question without a wrong answer: Lump sum or annuity? Unfortunately, there's not...rest of his life. The alternative is a lump sum. It's one big check instead of the stream...annuity. Others probably should take the lump sum. But for most folks facing retirement...

Lump sum and pension -- oh

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 9, 2002 ;     641 words ...Jim Stingl Lump sum and pension -- oh, that's really rich...if you get one at all -- will be a lump sum payment of, say, $2.3 million plus $136...executive's pool to make ends meet. And my lump sum? That's a good one, they chuckled. There...

Now the pension tax-free lump sum is in danger; As final salary schemes...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ......TONY HAZELL A PLAN to scrap the tax free lump sum available from pension savings was revealed...Revenue and Treasury don't like the taxfree lump sum. But to get rid of it when everything...pensions would be barmy.' The tax-free lump sum is worth 1.5 times annual earnings to...

Is lump-sum payment as good as a raise?

Daily Breeze;  September 20, 2004 ;     488 words ......have been told that I would be getting a lump sum of money as a raise versus getting a salary...disadvantages or advantages (if any) of getting a lump sum of money instead of a salary increase? -- RICK Answer: Congratulations on your lump sum. In today's turbulent times a bird in...

FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN ANNUITY VS. LUMP SUM

The Boston Globe;  May 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......annuity amount and take the rest in a lump sum that would be invested. The total per...follow when deciding whether to take a lump sum or an annuity because there is a very...him or her in the event that an invested lump sum performs poorly over a certain period...

News: LGPS lump sum may not result in savings.

Pensions Week;  March 6, 2006 ;     360 words ......the government's proposed changes to the lump sum if more than half of workers stick with...local government workers can opt to take a lump sum of up to 25% of their total pension benefits...government pension scheme will take a larger lump sum, but experts warned that if the ...

Pensions' tax-free lump sum threatened.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  September 26, 2002 ;     245 words ...Byline: HARRIET ARKELL THE tax-free lump sum from pensions may be scrapped under plans...salary from their pension in a tax-free lump sum when they retire. Those paying into personal...consideration include restricting the lump sum to 15 per cent, limiting the amount that...

Fed: Govt to encourage less lump sum compensation

AAP General News (Australia);  September 26, 2001 ;     334 words ......09-26-2001 Fed: Govt to encourage less lump sum compensation CANBERRA, Sept 26 AAP - The...enable injured people eligible for tax-free lump sum compensation payments to get structured...if an annuity were purchased out of a lump sum tax free payment, it would be taxable...

The problem with lump sum distributions and what to do about it.

Employee Benefit News;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......acquisition, and the acquired company allowed lump sum distributions from its defined benefit plan. Our management tried to remove the lump sum option. The union understood our concerns...over 99% of retiring employees took a lump sum, they felt removing it was impractical...

Many farmers taking buyout in lump sum buyout.

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY);  October 28, 2005 ;     698 words ......with Farm Credit Services to receive a lump sum payment for their portion of the tobacco...growers and quota owners will receive one lump sum payment -- at a fee -- rather than annual...signed thus far total $220 million in lump sum payments. Nearly 9,400 checks have already...

Time running out for lump sum payments

The Nelson Mail;  April 5, 2003 ;     312 words ......ward have until the end of June to make lump sum payments. The option of paying their quota...project within the Tasman district where the lump sum payment scheme applies. The project is...benefit from the water scheme to make a lump sum contribution towards the capital cost...

BoS urges investors to use up lump sum.(Bank of Scotland)(Brief Article)

Financial Adviser;  August 4, 2005 ;     213 words ......investors have no plans to take a tax-free lump sum from their pensions, according to the...were not planning to take a tax-free cash lump sum from their pension fund on retirement...to consider the possibility of taking a lump sum, investors could be losing out on extra...

Banking, Business & Finance: How to Handle Lump Sum Distributions

Asian Pages;  March 14, 1995 ;     700+ words ......Business & Finance: How to Handle Lump Sum Distributions. You face the possibility of getting a lump sum distribution from a qualified retirement...to plan ahead for how you will handle a lump sum distribution from your retirement fund...