Yes, we can certainly help with transferring your Help to Buy ISA into a Tembo Lifetime ISA.
The best way of doing this currently is to withdraw funds from your existing ISA (do check first with your current provider on any rules or government conditions regarding the withdrawal). Then you can can add your funds to your Lifetime ISA with us at Tembo, via direct debit or as a one-off contribution.
Once you've created an account and added the funds, we'll send you an email to let you know when the money has landed. About a month later, you'll receive the government bonus! That's because unlike a Help to Buy ISA where you don't receive the bonus until completion day, with a Lifetime ISA you receive the bonus upfront, so you can earn interest or gains on the bonus over time.
Remember that you can only deposit up to £4,000 each tax year into a Lifetime ISA, so if you've got more than this in your Help to Buy ISA, you'll need to split it over multiple tax years.
Written by Polly
Updated over 8 months ago