As your finances improve, get retirement plans back on track

If the recession forced you to skip some of your pension contributions, there are some ways to make up for lost time

This time of year is traditionally “pension season”. Many people will be busy preparing and filing their tax returns for 2014 before the November 12 deadline, assuming that they are paying and filing using the Revenue’s online ROS system.

Those who choose to make a pension contribution before the deadline date can reduce their tax bill while putting something aside towards their retirement. For this reason, the pension industry’s marketing machine goes into ...