I have all of my savings in Prize Bonds and have has a few 75 Euro prizes, today I received a lettwer from them asking for lots of personal information including pps number - I suspect they are gathering this information for the Government so that they will know how much I have in savings when they decide to means-test the state contributory pension no doubt in the near future - I am approaching 65 and wonder where else I can invest my cash at this point.
I have all of my savings in Prize Bonds and have has a few 75 Euro prizes, today I received a lettwer from them asking for lots of personal information including pps number - I suspect they are gathering this information for the Government so that they will know how much I have in savings when they decide to means-test the state contributory pension no doubt in the near future - I am approaching 65 and wonder where else I can invest my cash at this point.
Sorry, just so I'm clear, are you asking where you can hide your savings so that the Govt doesn't know about them, to allow you to lie on a (hypothetical) means test in order to obtain a pension payment..?
Have any other posters received such an enquiry from the Prize Bonds people? I have not so far. Perhaps an enquiry to them as to why they need this info might clarify matters.
Have any other posters received such an enquiry from the Prize Bonds people? I have not so far. Perhaps an enquiry to them as to why they need this info might clarify matters.
Do you mean the state non-contributury penison but that is means tested anyhow so you have nothing to worry about. They might need your pps number to stop money laundering or maybe to tax you for DIRT on your winnings