PFS Technical - Top Slicing Relief with Practical Financial Exams

Wednesday, 26 November 2025
9:30 am – 12:00 pm (UK time)
    • Michaela Pashley, Director, Practical Financial Exams

The PFS North Scotland Committee is pleased to welcome Michaela Pashley from Practical Financial Exams back to deliver three Technical CPD sessions on Investment Bonds, Top Slicing Relief and Personal and Business Protection.

Session Overview

The second of these sessions will look at Top Slicing Relief and will provide candidates with a study book and model answers to help them improve their skills.

Learning objectives - by the end of this talk you will gain an overview of:-

  1. Perform basic-to-moderately complex Income Tax calculations incorporating investment bond chargeable gains, for a range of different client circumstances varying by their other income.
  2. Demonstrate how to use pension contributions to minimise Income Tax on investment bond chargeable gains.

About the Speaker - Michaela Pashley

Michaela is a trainer and financial adviser.

In 2020, she founded PFE, which provides the only formal soft skills qualification in UK financial services, and a Netflix-style streaming service for original, structured CPD.

In 2023, she founded Roseum Financial Planning, a financial advice business which is part of the Quilter Network.

She also works with the team at Pilot Financial Systems as Head of Regulatory Compliance for their revolutionary new back-office software.

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CII Accredited

This demonstrates the quality of an event and that it meets CII member CPD scheme requirements.

2 1/2 hours' CPD can be claimed for this event if relevant to your learning and development needs.

It is recommended that you keep any evidence of the CPD activity you have completed and upload copies to the recording tool as the CII may ask to see this if your record is selected for review. Details of the scheme can be viewed online at www.cii.co.uk/cpd.

Joining instructions for this session will be included within your confirmation email.

If you have any issues with your booking or queries regarding this session or any other PFS North Scotland matters, please contact alan@unburdened.co.uk