Martin Lewis has warned savers to "use or lose" their ISA allowances before the current tax year comes to an end on April 5.
A cash ISA is a saving or investment account that is tax-free up to a limit of £20,000 for the 2021/22 tax year.
A Lifetime ISA allows you to put in £4,000 each year, with the government adding a 25% bonus on top of the money you save.
This gives you the chance to £1,000 free every tax year, or £2,000 free if you are in a couple and both have a LISA account that you max out, the Mirror reports.
But time is running out to make the most of your LISA free money, as the current tax year ends on April 5.
This means you need to transfer any money over before April 6, the new tax year, to get any bonus payment from the government.
“If you're a first-time buyer, check out the Lifetime ISA's 25% boost worth up to £1,000/year on your first home,” said Martin in the latest MoneySavingExpert email.
Keep in mind that however much you put away in a LISA will count towards your overall yearly £20,000 ISA allowance.
But if you're saving for your first home, you won't find a regular savings account from a bank or lender that pays 25% interest.
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You can open a LISA account if you’re aged between 18 and 39. It can be used to put a deposit toward your first home or for retirement.
If you take out your money for anything other than these reasons, you’ll lose your bonus and pay a 25% penalty, which works out at around a 6% loss.
When it comes to cash ISA rates, Martin issued a bleak statement that 85% of people are now better off ditching them.
This is because cash ISAs generally have worse rates than normal savings accounts right now.
Instead of stashing your money into an ISA, you should be focusing on an account with the highest interest, he said.
“Now the personal savings allowance means most DON'T pay tax on savings interest,” explained Martin.
“The PSA launched in 2016, allowing basic (20%) taxpayers to earn £1,000/year of any savings interest tax-free and higher (40%) taxpayers £500.
“At today's top easy-access 1% rate, you'd need a hundred grand saved to generate £1,000 interest. So these days, most people - over 19 in 20 in fact - don't pay tax on savings anymore.”
The top easy-access account right now is from Virgin Money, which pays 1% interest on up to £25,000. If you’ve a smaller sum, it’ll pay 2.02% on £1,000.
The second top payer is Atom Bank which pays 0.9%.
If you can afford to lock your money away for a whole year, Shawbrook Bank is the top player paying 1.6% - but you have to put in at least £1,000.
JN Bank will offer you 1.96% with its two-year fixed account if you pay in a minimum of £1,000, or the best five-year fix is from Monument with 2.4%.
In comparison, the best easy-access cash ISA is from Paragon and pays 0.8%, while the one-year fixed cash ISA from OakNorth Bank offers 1.28% interest and a two-year from UBL UK pays 1.6%
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