By: Paul Killik
06.04.2017
Having been born shortly after the war, I am an early “Baby Boomer”, the most financially fortunate of all the generations that have recently been identified as such.
We have enjoyed a benevolent welfare state, free higher education, a rise in the property market the likes of which are unlikely to be repeated as well as final salary pension schemes that can no longer be afforded.

Scenario 1 shows that a single JISA subscription of £4,128 on day one of the child’s life could be worth £125,600 on the 70th birthday.
Scenario 2 shows the effect of investing £4,128 each year for 10 years, in other words a total of £41,280, could be worth £1,018,345 on the 70th birthday.
As will be seen from Scenario 3 if, from age 18, £4,000 was withdrawn from the JISA each year until the 50th birthday and reinvested into a LISA, where the government adds 25% to the subscription for 32 years, the resultant figure could rise to £1,228,124 on the same original capital investment of £41,280.
With the support of a benevolent family a child could, in addition to the JISA and LISA, also invest £2,880 on the day of their birth into a JSIPP. The Government provides a further £720 making a total investment of £3,600.
Scenario 4 shows that £3,600 could grow to £109,535 and Scenario 5 repeats the exercise each year for 10 years, a total investment of £28,880, could rise to £888,091.
Scenarios 6 and 7, show the effect of doing both the JISA and the JSIPP for 1 year and for 10 years. A total investment in both for one year could grow from £7,008 to £235,135 and from £70,080 to £1,906,436.
The income withdrawn from ISAs would be tax free, but from SIPPs would be subject to income tax. However, under current rules 25% of the SIPP can be withdrawn tax free from age 55 rising to 57.
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