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David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Hmm, apparently the amount that you can put in a cash ISA is going down, but the amount you can put in a stocks and shares ISA is remaining constant.

Here's the fun thing: stocks and shares ISAs are allowed to pay interest on cash deposits (and most do).

I foresee an increase in the number of 'stocks and shares' ISAs that allow trading a very restrictive set of shares and pay about the same interest as a cash ISA.

Or possibly not. You can move money between ISAs, so I don't currently see a reason that you can't pay £20K into a stocks and shares ISA and then immediately move the money to a cash ISA, unless there's some small print that hasn't yet been announced.

#ukpol #budget2025

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Alex Bradbury
@asb@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@david_chisnall it looks like the plan is to add a charge on interest and to disallow money market funds and other 'cash like' investments https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-free-savings-newsletter-19/tax-free-savings-newsletter-19-november-2025#cash-isa-limit

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Steven Reed
@srtcd424@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@david_chisnall short-term money-market funds are the other obvious work-around.

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David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@srtcd424 Can you invest in these from an ISA? It's been ages since I properly read the rules, but I thought that they were excluded.

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Steven Reed
@srtcd424@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@david_chisnall I'd be surprised if you couldn't, but it's possible. Some proportion of them are often held as part of a balanced portfolio, I've certain got a chunk in my SIPP (particularly given that the AI bubble is yet to pop.)

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David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@srtcd424 The official list is quite confusing. After reading it twice, I still am not sure of the answer.

I have some in my SIPP as well, but the rules on ISAs are quite different.

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