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Hidden away in the October Budget announcements was the freezing of individual savings accounts (ISA) annual subscription limits until 5 April 2030.
It was announced in the October 2024 Budget that ISA annual subscription limits will be frozen until 5 April 2023. The good news that there is no intention to remove this valuable tax-free savings option, but the bad news is that over time there will be fiscal drag.
The main £20,000 ISA allowance has been in place since 6 April 2017 and will remain unchanged for a further five tax years.
Other subscription limits
The following annual subscription limits are also going to be frozen until 5 April 2030:
Subscription limit | |
Lifetime ISAs | £4,000 |
Junior ISAs | £9,000 |
Child trust funds (CTFs) | £9,000 |
The subscription limit of £20,000 applies across the four main adult ISAs each tax year – the cash ISA, the stocks and shares ISA, the innovative finance ISA and the Lifetime ISA. Although the Lifetime ISA has a £4,000 subscription limit, this is still part of the overall £20,000 allowance.
There were concerns that the Chancellor was going to impose an overall limit on the amount of ISA saving, but the mooted lifetime cap of £500,000 did not materialise. There are currently over 4,000 ISA savers with ISA pots worth more than £1 million.
There were plans to introduce a UK ISA (or British ISA) with an additional £5,000 allowance, but the Chancellor has announced this idea will not proceed.
Fractional interests
Despite previously saying the complete opposite, HMRC have confirmed that fractional interests – commonly known as fractional shares – can be held within a stocks or shares ISA or a CTF invested in shares:
ISA managers will be required to remove any currently held fractional interests that are not eligible under the new regulations. HMRC’s basic guide to ISAs can be found here.
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