MySQL provides a special form of the CONCAT function: CONCAT_WS function. The CONCAT_WS function concatenates two or more string values with a predefined separator. The following illustrates the syntax of the CONCAT_WS function: CONCAT_WS(seperator,string1,string2, ...
You can usually take 25% of your pension pot as a tax-free lump sum before you take the rest of the money. You then: 1  decide how to take the rest of your pension pot if youâre in a defined contribution pension scheme.hole pension pot as a lump sum. You can usually take a whole pension pot worth up to Â£10,000 as a lump sum - 25% is tax free.
The final Â£80,500 would then be taxed at the 45 per cent additional rate, reducing it to Â£44,275. The total you get from your Â£300,000 pension pot and Â£5,500 state pension would therefore be Â£217,672. Overall you would have paid the equivalent of 27.5 per cent tax on the full amount.