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How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.
How to deal with lump sum death benefit payments and what tax to deduct.
Find out about the requirements for pension scheme administrators, insurance companies, members and employers and how to report them to HMRC.
Newsletter 168, published by HMRC in March 2025 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
If you're a pension scheme administrator find out how to apply to register a new pension scheme with HMRC or check the progress of submitted applications.
Find out how to become a pension scheme administrator if you're an individual, partnership or business.
A step by step guide to using the online service for pension scheme administrators and practitioners.
Find out about the UK tax relief you can get on contributions to overseas pension schemes and how to claim it.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the online services for pension schemes.
What you must do to be a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) and what you must report.
Most registered pension schemes have one or more trustees who act separately from the employer or anyone else who set up the scheme.
Moving an individual's pension fund from one scheme to another and guarding against pension liberation.
Newsletter 167, published by HMRC in March 2025 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
How to pay charges on payments from registered pension schemes and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
Find the residency status of your members to give them the right tax relief using relief at source.
Newsletter 166, published by HMRC in January 2025 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
If a registered pension scheme has had UK Income Tax deducted from its investment income you can ask HMRC to repay the tax.
Compile and submit AFT returns on the service and find out how to make payments, amend earlier returns or ask for payment refunds or reallocations.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Submit an Event Report to HMRC to declare that a scheme has ceased to exist.
Find out how to complete and send a relief at source annual information return if you are a pension scheme administrator.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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