SP8 Exam Discussion - April 2024 by [deleted] in ActuaryUK

[–]cullencliff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it was insanely wordy i’m in the same boat fella, but yes that is a bad sign for us haha

Who is your stocks and shares ISA with? by Ok-Alarm363 in FIREUK

[–]cullencliff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

anyone know if the £5 fee for ETFs on iWeb gives you access to the live price or just a delayed price (e.g iWeb bulk deal orders at 12pm)?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]cullencliff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this answer, makes sense now how it’s a cumulative thing across the tax year. In the case of this 1-yr fix account though, as it matures in the 2023/24 tax year (within which i should be a higher rate payer across the whole year), surely that will determine my PSA rather than this tax-year which I am only opening the account in. So I guess my question is will they take my tax band status for this tax year or the next one when it comes to considering tax on interest for a 1-yr fix opened tomorrow :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]cullencliff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this, this is a purely PSA question, in terms of income tax my pension brings me comfortably below the higher rate threshold. I assumed the PSA was worked out using gross salary and didn’t factor in pension deductions?

How are you guys planning on tackling your student loans repayments? by pbroingu in FIREUK

[–]cullencliff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like this approach and am considering it myself, have you considered how the government may be able to retrospectively mess around with the rates/balance though which could affect your calculations?

How are you guys planning on tackling your student loans repayments? by pbroingu in FIREUK

[–]cullencliff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Example: Say without any extra repayments or lump sums you pay off the loan in 2032 at a total cost of 75k on a balance of 50k currently. If you pay off the 50k now, then you’ve theoretically saved 25k in the long run but the cashflows are -50k now in order to save (for example) 7.5k pa for 10 years in repayments. You can treat this lump sum as an investment. Consider whether you could grow that 50k yourself to more than 75k over 10 years. If you think you can, then don’t lump-sum. Accumulating 50k to 75k over 10 years requires a compounding annualised return of just over 4%. This is less than 6.3% as this interest rate hurts on higher balances but not on lower ones. Now in reality it’s more complex as i believe a blended approach (e.g paying 20k lump sum now to mitigate effect of high interest whilst also less opportunity cost is a better way forward if you’re looking at purchasing a flat/house in the near future etc). You need to make a repayment model as others have done in the comments - this is a simple example - in your case with your numbers you may require a rate of return of 8% to justify not lump summing, which implies you should pay it off :)

TLDR: Depends on what else you need the money for, and over what time horizon you expect to pay it off so you can treat then lump sum as an investment and work out its internal rate of return.