How to make the most of saving and investing into an Isa

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🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

There's not long left until the end of the tax year - and that means it is time to sort your Isa if you haven't already.

This year's Isa allowance runs out as the tax year ticks over on 6 April and it pays to get everything you can into the tax-free shelter for savings and investments.

But what are the important things you need to know, the tips for making the most of your Isa - and why does it matter more this year than it has done before.

On this Isa saving and investing special podcast, Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert talk all things Isas - from finding the best saving rates, to how to invest and how to boost your chance of investment success if you already have a stocks and shares Isa.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this money podcast, ISA special.
0:05.0	I'm Georgie Frost and joining me. Today is editor Simon Lambert.
0:09.0	And coming up, the end of the tax year is fast approaching, which means investors have less than two months to make full use of their ICER allowance.
0:17.0	The perfect storm of tougher tax rules and a budget on the horizon, plus increasing savings rates mean we're likely to get a busy ISA season ahead of April's deadline.
0:25.7	So Simon will today be telling us how to invest in an ISA,
0:29.1	why it matters even more now, and how to improve your investing.
0:33.1	Plus, could your ISA profit from a chatbot?
0:36.2	Don't forget you step of date with all the latest
0:37.7	breaking money news, just go to this ismoney.gov.uk or download the app. But first, a message from
0:44.4	our Simon. Just to everybody listening here, you need to remember that the point of this podcast
0:50.3	is talking about ISM investing and ISA saving. We're going to be talking lots about saving and investing and what you can potentially do with your money. But this is all in very
0:59.3	general terms. This obviously isn't financial advice, but it also isn't exactly what you should do.
1:06.7	You must do your own research and you must take responsibility for your own finances and deciding
1:11.6	what is the right level of risk for you, whether you should save, whether you should invest
1:16.7	on all of these other things. And I can't stress that enough. It's really important to remember
1:22.1	that that you're the person who's responsible for your money and don't just do something because somebody else said that they thought it might be a good idea,
1:31.2	whether it's me, Georgie, or anything else that you read, listen to or watch.
1:37.7	Don't forget, you can stay on top of what's going on in the markets by tuning in to the Digest and Invest podcast by Itoro.
1:43.4	Go to your regular podcast platform and listen on the go.
1:46.1	Digest and Invest by Itora, the podcast for those interested in trading and investing.
1:50.7	But first, Issa season over the last few years, and a bit longer than that, has been something of a dump squib.
1:57.8	But could that be about to change?
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