Savings accounts, cash ISAs, Premium Bonds and other NS&I products: what cash earns after tax and inflation, and the rules on how much you can shelter from tax.
Savers put £95.6bn into cash ISAs in 2024 to 2025, more than two and a half times the £37.2bn that went into stocks and shares ISAs. From 6 April 2027 under-65s can put only £12,000 a year into cash.
Savers put £95.6bn into cash ISAs in 2024 to 2025, more than two and a half times the £37.2bn that went into stocks and shares ISAs. From 6 April 2027 under-65s can put only £12,000 a year into cash.
From 6 April 2027 interest earned on cash inside stocks and shares and innovative finance ISAs faces a flat 22% charge. The ISA manager pays it, nobody can reclaim it, and it applies at every age.
NS&I's prize fund rate is 4.35%, but that is an average and most holders get less. Set against gilts and fixed-rate savings, the comparison turns on your tax band and how much certainty you want.
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