Paul Avis: Will 2018 prove to be the year for trusts?

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The Autumn Budget contained important small print that, depending on whether it gets its act together in 2018, writes Paul Avis, could end up proving a real concern or genuine opportunity for the group life assurance sector

Group life assurance (GLA) is an amazingly tax-efficient benefit. Lump sum benefits are paid to an employee's survivors or nominated beneficiaries tax-free and fall outside of the deceased person's estate. Premiums paid are tax-free for the employer. There is an exception, however, with salary sacrifice excepted policies treated as P11d/benefits in kind for employees following  OPRA changes implemented in April 2017. As such, is there now a worry - and an opportunity - emerging from the small print in the Budget that we should all be aware of And, as an industry, should we not now be act...

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