The industry has welcomed the chancellor’s announcement that there will be a 'call for evidence' into pensions tax relief administration, which will cover the ‘net pay anomaly’. However, some providers have called...
The increase in the minimum wage — now called the National Living Wage — announced in today’s Budget, should see more money heading into auto-enrolment pension funds. Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, confirmed that...
The Chancellor confirmed in today’s budget that he is raising the pension taper threshold to £200,000. It has previously been suggested that this threshold would be raised in order to ensure doctors...
The gender ‘pensions gap’ is significantly worse than the gender pay gap, and the problems should be addressed in this week’s Budget. Leading pension campaigner Ros Altmann claims women are losing out...
Next week’s Budget will change the pension tax rules, according to reports, to ensure doctors — and other higher-paid public sectors workers — aren’t hit with tax bills for overtime. The Financial Times...
The new chancellor Rishi Sunak, has dropped plans to reduce higher rate tax relief on pensions, according to reports this weekend. Briefings suggest this change of plan comes after fierce opposition by...
Advisers have called on the government to provide urgent clarification on equalising guaranteed minimum pensions in order to address concerns by trustees and sponsoring companies. HMRC has recently published guidance about this...
Concerns have been raised that attempts to restrict higher rate tax relief on pensions could “kill off” remaining DB schemes in the private sector, and create further funding issues for public sector...
The new Pension Schemes Bill will be published today, after being introduced to the House of Lords yesterday. This bill — which was included in the recent Queen’s Speech — contains legislation...
The Chancellor, Sajid Javid has confirmed his first Budget will be held on March 11 this year. It is widely expected that this will contain proposals to reform the current pension system,...
