The safest place for your retirement savings

A year or so back, Parliament's Public Accounts Committee published a damning report into the way that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) taxes older people -- especially pensioners.

Its conclusion: older taxpayers were poorly served by HMRC, and were getting a raw deal in their dealings with it. In short, they were more likely to comply with their tax obligations than other taxpayers, but were less likely to understand them.