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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.
They apply to people aged from 55 (57 from 2028) with private pensions, where they and/or their employers have saved up a pot of cash for retirement, technically known as a "defined contribution" or "money purchase" pension scheme. The new rules mean that 25% of the retirement fund can be taken as a tax-free lump sum, and the rest can be drawn ...
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 ...
Graduated Pension or Graduated Retirement Benefit: This was earned between 6 April 1961 and 5 April 1975. Qualification was based on the amount of contributions paid, which are used to buy ‘units’. The value of a unit is £7.50 for men and women. [11] Graduated pension typically pays a small amount (£1 or so per week) to those entitled to it.
The complexity arises because different increases are applied to the various elements of the pension. Supposing the scheme rules allow for annual increases of 3% and the Retail Prices Index increases by 4.5%. The scheme would pay an additional £11.70 in respect of the excess pension (3% of £390), but nothing on the pre 1988 GMP.
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]
On 22 April 2009, the then Chancellor Alistair Darling announced in the 2009 Budget statement that starting in April 2010, those with annual incomes over £100,000 would see their Personal allowance reduced by £1 for every £2 earned over £100,000, until the Personal allowance was reduced to zero, which (in 2010–11) would occur at an income of £112,950.
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.