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Kel Galavan

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Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

So if you decided, you know what, I think Europe's going to do really well in the next 10 years, then you buy the Eurostox 50 or you buy something, I think the whole world is going to balance out and do better over the long term.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

You buy a basket that has a bit of the whole world in it.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

Like that's one click and you have it.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

That's the kind of thing that I was expecting to be announced.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

And that would fall under exit tax, not capital gains tax.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

Yes.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

So they have since intonated at least that deemed disposal won't be there.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

But deemed disposal is basically a form of exit tax.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

Now it's dropped from 41% to 38%.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

But what that is, if you buy an ETF or a fund of any sort, every eight years, even if you never sell it, if you put it in and leave it alone and walk away and let it do its thing,

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

every eight years you have to pay the equivalent of exit tax to the government, even if you never touched it.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

So what that does is it really scuppers compounding.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

It really puts... Because you'll cash out probably, right?

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

Well, a lot of people will have to cash out because they may not have the lump sum to hand over.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

So that is something that I'd love them to look at and look into because sometimes I kind of think, look, this saving scheme could be something really, really good, but it is only one tap.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

that is flowing into your money bucket.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

It is one product of a load of different things.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

And sometimes I feel that we could just look at home and tidy up some of the stuff that we have.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

So what I mean when I say that is we already have a state savings scheme.

Better With Money
New savings and investment scheme: What's in Simon Harris' plan?

We already have it and it's called prize bonds.