QA62 - Listener Questions, Episode 62

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In this Meaningful Money Q&A, Pete Matthew and Roger Weeks answer your UK personal finance questions on retirement planning, pensions and tax. Can a couple really retire at 50 on £40k a year using ISAs, a SIPP and a DB pension, and should you trust AI for retirement projections? We also cover semi-retirement, tax-free cash and the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA), whether to switch extra pension contributions to a SIPP ahead of the 2029 salary sacrifice changes, and taking dividend income from a GIA. Plus, how gifts to children are treated for inheritance tax, and how pension and ISA rules could be reformed without becoming a political football. Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/QA62    01:52  Question 1 Hi Pete and Roger, I have been listening to your podcast for years and it's really helped me understand and get excited about personal finance. Our situation is….married couple, both 48, no kids, wanting to retire at 50 with a lifestyle we have costed to £40k a year. Happy to die with zero as no family to worry about when we are gone. Can the maths really be this simple or am I missing something?. Any risks you can spot that we've not thought about? 50 t