ISA limits and changes in 2015/16

News: January 2015

ISA limits and changes in 2015/16

The annual limit for savings in an ISA increases by £240 to £15,240 for 2015/16, but remember that the 50% restriction on cash was removed with effect from 1 July 2014. For Junior ISAs the limit will increase by £80 to £4,080, the same as the Child Trust Fund subscription limit.

There was an important announcement about the treatment of ISA savings on death in the Autumn Statement. It is proposed that the ISA savings will not lose their tax free status on death but, if transferred to the spouse, can be added to their tax free ISA savings.