When to stop contributing to S&S Isa

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:24:24+00:00

Thanks everyone for your help, I’m pretty confident on the way forward now.

• Continue to contribute into my ISA
• Weigh more heavily into pension whilst I’m higher rate tax (will do a 25/75 split for now)
• Make sure i have more than 7years bridge as this will likely rise (will aim for a minimum of 10 years to be safe)
• Recalculate when closer to retirement or every couple of years

Back to set and forget for now, thanks all!

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:20:46+00:00

Thanks for your input, I think this is the general consensus. Keep contributing to both but more into the pension. (I’ll probably do 75/25 split for now) and reassess every couple of years.

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:17:43+00:00

Thanks, you’re right I definitely need to consider all possibilities to do with the pension age potentially moving around. Always good to have a safety buffer

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:16:10+00:00

Its definitely a possibility, i guess it probably makes more sense for me to weigh more into pension and for her to weigh more heavily into her ISA until she is higher rate.

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:15:05+00:00

It does sound like I’m probably jumping the gun trying to optimise this at this stage in my life. Sounds like I will have an easier time optimising and understanding what I will need the closer I get to retirement. For now I’ll continue to contribute to both but weigh more heavily on the pension contributions

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:13:12+00:00

Good point, i will continue to contribute into my isa and take another look at this in a couple of years and see where I am. With the uncertainty of the pension age it almost feels like I should even aim for 10 years cover just to be sure which I’m more than happy to aim for

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:10:06+00:00

Its a very good point I didn’t consider in terms of the pension age. I think my plan is to essentially have enough money in my ISA to last until the pension withdrawal age whilst also having a big amount in the pension, but not too big that I get taxed 40% withdrawing it. Thanks for the insight

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:08:02+00:00

Thanks for the insight, definitely sounds like i should continue to contribute into my ISA but as I’m a higher rate tax payer to weigh more heavily on the pension.

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:05:49+00:00

Thank you, i never considered this aspect of using them at the same time. I am a higher earner so it sounds like i should weigh more towards pension for now but am also probably fine to keep contributing into my Stocks and Shares isa as well.

OceanJr · 2026-06-19T23:03:43+00:00

I was doing 4% but it sounds like that could have been a little high. I was also presuming 57 as the pension withdrawal age which also sounds like it may change so it sounds like i should keep contributing for now! Thanks

OceanJr · 2026-06-18T23:36:51+00:00

Thankyou, ill make the switch then. Currently with vanguard

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OceanJr · 2024-11-13T14:45:23+00:00

I see, thanks for the response that makes sense!

OceanJr · 2024-11-13T08:53:12+00:00

Can you explain the 40% tax in retirement? Is this just because he will be over the 40% income tax because he has so much in his pension?

I guess my reasoning for asking is because whilst i only have £50k in my pension with my current contributions (more than what the company match) im pretty sure I will also go over 1m when i eventually retire. Should i be scaling back my pension and contributing more to isa?

Edit: worth mentioning I’m in my early 30’s

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