13/12/2024
Here we run through the pros and cons of ‘sacrificing’ your bonus and putting the money instead into your pension. Significant tax savings to be made if you can afford to do this.
If you receive an annual bonus you might baulk at the amount of tax you pay on it. Often there’s emergency tax to pay and even when that’s been sorted out, you might still be down 40 or 45 percent. For higher rate taxpayers, a £10,000 bonus will be reduced to £5,800 by income tax and national ...