Purchased Life Annuity
A purchased life annuity is an annuity with a difference. It is an annuity purchased with your own funds, instead of from a money-purchase pension fund. It operates in the same way as a Compulsory Purchase Annuity, but it has tax advantages.
The entire pension which you receive from a Compulsory Purchase Annuity is treated as taxable income in the same way as income from normal employment would be.However when you buy a Purchased Life Annuity that part of the annuity income, which is calculated as capital repayment to you, is tax-free. Only that part of your annuity income which is interest paid on your investment is taxable.
With similar annuity rates, the effect of this tax treatment of a Purchased Life Annuity, for a basic rate tax-payer, would be to increase net income by approximately £200 per month, from a £200,000 investment.
Your consultant can assist you in making optimum decisions for such investments, and would be happy to provide comparative illustrations of such options.