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The Irish pension market is currently going through a period of significant regulatory change. The amendment to the taxation of contributions to Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) has clearly improved its offering as a retirement vehicle option and now is seen as a…

Our office will be closed from the evening of the 23rd of December, to reopen on January 3rd, 2023.Please note that we will process bank transfers and requests that are received before 12pm on the 23rd December 2022.We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very…

Starting a pension at the earliest opportunity is an important part of ensuring you have enough money for retirement, but what happens to your pension benefits when you leave employment?When someone leaves service, they will likely become entitled to a preserved benefit in the…

ITC Group is delighted to announce that we have been awarded ‘Independent Trustee Firm of the Year’ at the Irish Pension Awards 2022.The Irish Pensions Awards give recognition to those pension funds and providers who have proven their excellence, professionalism and…

In April 2022 we introduced our new client feedback system - Customer Voice. This system allows our clients and advisors to actively rate our service and provide suggestions on how we can improve our processes.Since its introduction we have been consistently monitoring your…

With the Revenue online tax filing deadline approaching, the inevitable question arises as to how to reduce the tax bill. Tax relief on pension contributions is still one of the best answers. If your client does not have a pension scheme or if the existing pension provider…

Over the last decade we have seen a number of moves from the U.K. Government to make it more difficult to move pension schemes out of the country and also out of Defined Benefit (DB) schemes.As discussed in an article pre-Brexit, this started with removing the ability to…

In part 1 of this blog, we discussed what is pension property, why consider it, why now and what are the benefits. If you have yet to read part 1, please click here.5. What are the rules?The sole purpose of the investment must be to provide benefits on retirement. It…

Saving for retirement is an important part of retirement planning. The sooner you begin saving, the better prepared you will be for your retirement – and the more benefit you will receive from the available pension tax reliefs. Effective investment of your pension scheme is…

Property investments in self-administered pensions have long been a specialty of ITC, and many of our clients have benefited from the strong yields generated by buying property with their pension funds. The tax benefits of purchasing property through your pension scheme…