{"id":23850,"date":"2022-12-15T11:28:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smh.group\/?p=23850"},"modified":"2022-12-15T11:28:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:28:56","slug":"looking-for-alternative-christmas-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/looking-for-alternative-christmas-presents\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for alternative Christmas presents?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why not consider a different kind of gift for your children or grandchildren this Christmas \u2013 perhaps one with a financial twist? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a prediction made by Hamleys in October, among some of the top bestselling toys this Christmas will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>XShot Skins Last Stand Dart Blaster<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Play-Doh Ice Cream Cart<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Peppa Pig Roller Disco.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those who perhaps would prefer not to wholly invest in plastic for Christmas in 2022, there are other options. As an alternative with greater durability and hopefully a better long-term return on investment, you could consider a financial gift for a child or grandchild. Your options include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Junior ISAs (JISAs)<\/strong> These are very similar to their adult ISA counterparts, so are free of UK income tax and capital gains tax (CGT). The maximum total investment (from all sources) is \u00a39,000 per tax year. JISAs are available to any child under the age of 18 who does not already have a Child Trust Fund.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-invested personal pension<\/strong> Whereas the funds in a JISA will be available from age 18, pension fund monies will be locked up for much longer \u2013 currently to age 55 but for today\u2019s children that could rise to at least age 60. The maximum investment is also smaller at \u00a33,600 a year, but this comes with basic rate tax relief, meaning your maximum outlay is \u00a32,880.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Absolute trusts<\/strong> Absolute (or outright) trusts can be used to make investments in unit trusts and open-ended investment funds. The control of the investments lies with the trustees until the child reaches 18 (16 in Scotland) at which point the child, as beneficiary, is entitled to take over. If the gift originates from a parent and the income generated exceeds \u00a3100, it is taxable on the parent (to be clear the limit is \u00a3100 per parent, per child, per tax year). This rule does not apply to gifts from grandparents (or others) and any CGT is always treated as the child\u2019s.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Premium bonds<\/strong> Apart from a somewhat uncompetitive JISA (paying 2.70% variable at the time of writing), premium bonds are the only offering that National Savings and Investments promotes for those under the age of 16. Prizes are tax free (even if capital came from a parent), but the prize rate of 2.2% means that, based on average luck, the children\u2019s accounts offered by some banks and building societies offer a better return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These options may feel less exciting to unwrap under the Christmas tree, but they also aim to grow with their recipients. If you need assistance, our <a href=\"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/financial-services\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sheffield based financial advisers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> can help on <strong>0114 266 4432<\/strong> or <a href=\"mailto:info@smh.group\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>info@smh.group<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em>The value of investments and pensions and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. You may get back less than you invested.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Tax treatment varies according to individual circumstances and is subject to change.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate tax and trust advice.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Investors do not pay any personal tax on income or gains, but ISAs do pay unrecoverable tax on income from stocks and shares received by the ISA managers.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why not consider a different kind of gift for your children or grandchildren this Christmas \u2013 perhaps one with a financial twist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[98,77,520,484],"class_list":["post-23850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial-services","tag-financial-advice","tag-financial-planning","tag-junior-isa","tag-premium-bonds"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Looking for alternative Christmas presents? 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