Please note I'm not against paying tax per-say and both myself and my late husband have worked and payed tax all our lives. My husband worked for a very well known supermarket for 20 yrs + and had a life insurance, he was not classed as a 'high earner'. Although we've had some difficult times in our marriage financially but he was always assured that upon death myself and our 2 children would be provided for.... He sadly passed away unexpectedly mid jan aged 56 his insurance and pension have come through and I was and sad and to see that if the money is paid in a lump sum it's taxed at the rate of 55%. I feel that the pension plan my late husband was in had led him to believe with the promise of £££ lump sum after death, is far from the true amount they actually pay....AIBU to feel sad that my children ( 23, 28) will not benefit as much as my husband wished after his sad death? and think this is too much to take from a family in need? My son gets wed in April and this pension would have been a treat from his father that he couldn't afford in life? (please be gentle with me we only cremated him on Thurs) xx
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To think 55% tax on death pension is really bad?
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salsmum · 10/02/2013 23:57
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