IOM & UK Non-Resident Individuals
QROPS





Balley Chashtal Self Invested Personal Pension


Boal & Co have created the Balley Chashtal SIPP (Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme), a trust-based personal pension schemes for UK non-residents with pension benefits which are still held in UK pension schemes.

The Balley Chashtal SIPP is based on the new flexible IoM pension rules introduced by the Income Tax (Pensions) Act 2008. In particular, it permits:

  • a 30% tax-free lump sum benefit at retirement (compared with 25% in the UK)
  • pension to be taken at retirement through pension drawdown, instead of annuity purchase
  • retirement from age 50
  • transfer-in of pensions from UK pension schemes, both personal and occupational, and including protected rights and GMP/contracted-out benefits
  • pensions, when they come into payment, are taxed at low Isle of Man rates – not UK rates.
  • flexible arrangements on death, including potential huge tax savings

The Balley Chashtal SIPP is the flagship of the Balley Chashtal range, offering the widest possible investment choice. It enables members (and their advisers) to invest their pension fund in any or all of the following asset classes:

  • shares and other stock-market portfolios
  • fixed-interest securities and other bonds
  • unit trusts, OEICs, offshore funds and other pooled funds
  • bank and building society accounts
  • insurance bonds
  • property

Following changes to UK and Isle of Man pension legislation, individuals no longer need to become IoM-resident in order to transfer UK pensions to an Isle of Man pension scheme. The more flexible IoM pension rules, in relation to pension drawdown, tax-free lump sums, and benefits on death, are therefore available to any individual who has become UK non-resident.

The Balley Chashtal SIPP is:

  • registered with the Isle of Man Insurance and Pensions Authority
  • tax-approved by the Isle of Man Assessor of Income Tax
  • approved as a QROPS for UK-transfers by HM Revenue & Customs
  • contracted-out with the Isle of Man DHSS
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