Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pension tax simplification, sometimes referred to as pension simplification was a British overhaul in 2006 of taxation rules for United Kingdom pension schemes.The aim was to reduce the complicated patchwork of legislation built-up by successive administrations which were seen as acting as a barrier to the public when considering retirement planning.
An individual can, each year, put in an amount up to the lower of 100% of their earned income or the prevailing annual allowance. The annual allowance for the tax year 2008/09 was £235,000, but it was reduced to £50,000 for tax years from 2011/12 and was further reduced to £40,000 from the 2014-15 tax year. [1]
The Green Book: A Guide to Members' Allowances (often simply The Green Book) was a publication of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.Prior to 7 May 2010 it set out the rules governing MPs' salaries, allowances and pensions, before being replaced by rules set by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, created by the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 [1] as a result of the ...
Later in life, the accumulated fund can be accessed in the same way as other types of pension. [1] Employees can make contributions up to 100% of their salary, up to a maximum of £40,000 per year. People who are not earning can contribute up to £3,600 each year. Tax relief is given in the same way as other personal pension contributions. [2]
If the fund value exceeds the lifetime allowance, the amount above the lifetime allowance will be taxed at 55%. The lifetime allowance was £1.8 million in the 2010–11 and 2011-12 tax years. From April 2012 the lifetime allowance fell to £1.5 million but there are provisions for those previously relying on the higher limit.
Part VII, in sections 119 to 128, set out the rules for insolvent schemes and the duty of the Secretary of State to reimburse employees, but was then replaced by the Pensions Act 1995.. Part VIII contains rules on the relationship between requirements of the Act and scheme rules, insofar as they are overridden by the Act.
It incorporated the main findings of the all-party Pensions Commission in 2006 as set out in the white paper Security in retirement: towards a new pension system [2] published in May 2006. The key provisions were: [3] Reduction of the qualifying years for a full basic State Pension from 44 years for men and 39 years for women to 30 years for both.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more