The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Government urged to act on critical pension transfer delays
The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on TPR’s Annual Funding Statement issues covenant warning amid tariff wars
The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Government floats fix for spiraling number of small pension pots
Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS)Why use a QROPS?In practice, many Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPSs) are...
Self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs)When personal pensions were first introduced in April 1988, they could only be established by authorised...
Retirement Annuity Contracts (RAC)—older types of personal pension schemesFORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Section 10 of the Finance Act 2022 will increase...
Pension commencement lump sums (PCLSs)When a member of a pension scheme becomes entitled to receive their scheme benefits, they can usually take part...
The Finance Act 2004, A-day and the pensions tax regimeFORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Further to the Spring Budget of 15 March 2023, the Finance (No.2) Act 2023 removed the lifetime allowance charge with effect from 6 April 2023, pending the abolition of the lifetime allowance regime through the Finance
Fixed protection 2014 (FP 2014)FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Further to the Spring Budget of 15 March 2023, the Finance (No.2) Act 2023 removed the lifetime allowance charge with effect from 6 April 2023, pending the abolition of the lifetime allowance regime through the Finance Bill 2024 with effect
Can an individual who is a member of a UK registered pension scheme but who was not a UK tax resident for a year carry forward their unused annual allowance from that tax year to the next?Since A-day, membership of a UK registered pension scheme is open to anyone regardless of where they are
Unauthorised payments—exceptionsThere are no limits on the benefits that may be provided by a registered pension scheme. However, under the Finance Act 2004 (FA 2004) if a scheme makes an unauthorised payment, tax charges will arise on both the recipient and the scheme unless the payment falls under
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