All lifetime allowance articles – Page 2
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NewsTruss hints at doctors’ pension fix
On the go: Conservative party leadership candidate Liz Truss has said she will “sort out” the problems with doctors’ pensions in a bid to tackle the staff retention crisis, though she has not yet said how she would go about doing this.
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NewsMPs call NHS pensions ‘national scandal’ as doctors forced to leave
On the go: The Health and Social Care Committee has called NHS pension arrangements “a national scandal” as senior doctors are being forced to reduce their hours or stop work entirely.
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NewsLifetime allowance punishes disciplined savers, PensionBee says
On the go: The lifetime allowance should be scrapped as it penalises disciplined savers, the chief executive of PensionBee has said.
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NewsBMA issues stinging rebuke of ‘misleading’ NHS pensions claims
The British Medical Association has rebuked NHS England and NHS Improvement for what it calls “misleading” information about “punitive pensions taxation” and its impact on staff retention.
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NewsPLSA issues further clarification on HMRC’s GMP guidance
On the go: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has posted a memo clarifying certain aspects of HM Revenue & Customs’ guidance on the tax treatment of guaranteed minimum pensions equalisation, looking specifically at the treatment of the interest element.
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NewsGMP guidance ‘helpful’ but ‘could have gone further’ on conversion
The government’s supplementary guidance on guaranteed minimum pensions equalisation was broadly welcomed by the industry as it could save trustees “time and money”, but some have cautioned that the section on conversion will make little difference without legislation.
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NewsHMRC to address GMP conversion tax issues ‘in the coming weeks’
The government has promised supplementary guidance on guaranteed minimum pensions conversion “in the coming weeks” and confirmed it is working on legislative changes, as the debate on the second reading of the pension schemes (conversion of GMPs) bill concludes in the House of Lords.
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NewsPASA covers crossovers, tax and death benefits in GMP guidance
On the go: The Pensions Administration and Standards Association has launched guidance tacking frequently asked questions around guaranteed minimum pension equalisation, including tax implications, death benefits, commutation, and the ‘look-back’ approach for crossover members.
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NewsPensions allowance tax charges hit record highs
On the go: The number of savers breaching annual and lifetime allowance limits reached new records in 2019-20, according to figures from HM Revenue & Customs.
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NewsGPs can file late applications to cover tax bills after pressure
On the go: NHS staff have been given the option to make a late application to have their scheme cover annual allowance tax bills after the industry warned that many GPs would not have completed paperwork in time.
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NewsBudget 2021: Public sector members to get McCloud tax exemption
On the go: HM Revenue & Customs announced on Wednesday a series of measures to ensure public sector scheme members will not have to pay extra tax if they receive an uplift in their benefits due to the McCloud remedy.
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NewsGovt to open new public sector scheme for judges in 2022
On the go: The Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation on creating a new public sector pension scheme for judges, which will address the issues caused by the McCloud judgment and allow the government to have a pensions-based solution for the whole judiciary.
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NewsPension tax change proposals branded ‘tragic’ and ‘crazy’
On the go: Rumours that the Treasury is planning to raid pensions have been branded “tragic” and “crazy” by speakers at a Hymans Robertson webinar, who warned that any reforms harming incentives to save could undo the work put in to boost retirement standards.
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PodcastsPodcast: Tapping DC for Long-Term Assets Fund requires ‘rigorous’ scrutiny
Podcast: HM Treasury’s proposals to tap defined contribution schemes for its new Long-Term Assets Fund is not a bad idea, but problems with daily dealing remain, and it requires the kind of “rigorous” scrutiny applied to other new asset classes. PensionBee chief executive Romi Savova and Jonathan Parker, head of DC and financial wellbeing at Redington, discuss the LTAF, rumours of a tax raid, and the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s new Responsible Investment Quality Mark.
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NewsLCP calls for simplified pensions tax relief limit
On the go: LCP partner and pensions tax specialist Karen Goldschmidt has called for a simplification of the pensions tax relief limits as data released by the government show the number of people affected by annual and lifetime limits has increased.
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NewsNumber of doctors retiring early trebles
On the go: The number of doctors retiring early has more than trebled over the past 13 years, with concerns that hefty tax bills are the main factor driving the action.
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NewsIndustry warns against Treasury ‘tax raid’
Experts from across the pensions industry have warned against a rumoured “tax raid” in the autumn budget.
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NewsOmbudsman sides with Pilots’ trustee on accrual rate changes
The Pensions Ombudsman has sided with the trustee of the Pilots’ National Pension Fund in its move to change the scheme’s benefits accrual rate, noting that the decision was reached “following a reasonable decision-making process”.
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OpinionLifetime allowance freeze reopens debate on its relevance
The Budget may be classed as a quiet one from a pensions perspective, since it did not address any of the major burning issues that pensions consultants either think or anticipate the government will address.
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NewsPodcast: Budget 2021 - ‘Reckless conservatism’ in DB landscape
Podcast: Wednesday’s budget did not go far enough to counter the “reckless conservatism” in the defined benefit landscape when it comes to risk and growth assets, hampering the government’s drive to unleash pensions on the post-pandemic recovery, according to Conservative party peer baroness Ros Altmann. She is joined by Isio partner Mike Smedley, in a discussion that also includes the lifetime allowance freeze and what was missing from the chancellor’s statement.