Contributions By Members Of Occupational SchemesQ. What is the maximum amount the Inland Revenue willlet me contribute to my pension scheme?A. The maximum employee contribution (Contractual, AVC & FSAVC)that can be made in any one Tax Year cannot exceed 15% of remuneration.This may be further restricted if you are a high earner who joined thescheme after 1989, has elected to be treated as a member who joined thescheme after 1989 or your benefits are fully funded (please see questionregarding Earnings Cap). If you are unsure whether you are such a memberplease contact your scheme administrator or pension department. Can I use my redundancy payment to make an additionalcontribution to my pension scheme?A.
If the Inspector of Taxes agrees that the payment is assessableunder Schedule E, it may be possible for an arrangement to be enteredinto with the employer which allows the payment, or part of it, to bepaid as an employer's contribution to the scheme. This amount must beactuarially justified and allowable under the scheme rules. However oncethe payment has been made to the employee this option is no longer available. Contributions to a Personal Pension SchemeQ. If a person's earnings are below the tax threshold,can they claim relief on their personal pension contributions?A. Prior to 6 April 2001 all employed earners, but not the self-employed,paid their contributions net of tax and qualified for tax relief on theircontributions in this way. This applied even if they were not paying anytax.
From 6 April 2001, this method of payment was extended to the self-employed,so everyone now gets tax relief on their contributions even if their earningsare below the tax threshold. People who are not employed but who are eligibleto contribute also receive tax relief at basic rate on their contributions,even if they are not taxpayers. If I am eligible to contribute in excess of theearnings threshold (i.e. £3,600 in tax year 2002/2003), from whichdate does the age-related maximum in respect of my personal pension schemecontributions increase?A. The percentage limit on the amount of your personal pensioncontributions is dependent on your age at the commencement of the taxyear to which the contributions relate, i.e.
On the 6th April. The contributionspayable in each tax year are as follows: Age 35 or less17.5%36 - 4520%46 - 5025%51 - 5530%56 - 6035%61 or more40%. I have been a member of a personal pension schemefor several years but have not been making the maximum contributions whichI could have. Is it possible for me to now make up for the shortfall?A. Due to the abolition of carry forward of unused relief from6 April 2001, it is no longer possible for carry back to be combined withcarry forward after 31 January 2001.But it is still possible for a member to carry back a contribution tothe previous tax year, providing they pay the contribution before 31 Januaryand make a claim to carry that contribution back no later than the timethe contribution is paid. As an employer how do I make contributions to myemployees' personal pension schemes?A. As an employer, you would simply make a gross payment to theappropriate provider.
These are referred to as “Additional Voluntary Contributions” or AVCs for short. You please or invest it – however, you can't take out another pension with the.
You then claim tax relief through your accountsin respect of the payment. Contributions made by an employer to an approvedpersonal pension scheme do not count as taxable pay of the employee concerned.You do not therefore have to deduct tax or N.I.
Contributions from thepayment.Some employers collect their employees' personal contributions and passthem over to the pension provider on their behalf. The tax position isquite different for these contributions. Employees get tax relief througha special relief at source system (similar to the old MIRAS system formortgage relief). Tax and NIC is deducted from gross income in the normalway (under PAYE).
The employee (or an employer acting as his agent) thenpays a net contributions to the pension provider, who claims back basicrate tax from the Inland Revenue and credits it to the personal pensionplan.For example, an employee wishing to pay £100 a month gross willactually pay £78 a month (for the tax year 2002/2003) from his netpay. The provider will credit the plan with a further £22, i.e.an amount equal to the basic rate of tax, to bring the total contributionup to £100. As an employer I have been using net pay arrangementsto give tax relief on my employees' personal pension scheme contributionsthrough the payroll.
Is this correct?A. The net pay arrangement is a system under which individualsobtain tax relief on contributions paid to occupational pension schemes.Unlike in a personal pension (see answer to question above), the contributionis deducted from pay before tax, and is thus a gross contribution. Thissystem is not appropriate and must not be used in conjunction with personalpension schemes because this would result in relief being given twice(see answer to question above). All employee contributions to a personalpension or stakeholder pension should be paid out of net income afterdeduction of PAYE & NIC. Where the net pay arrangement has been operatedincorrectly, the employer's tax office should be contacted immediatelyto rectify the matter. I want to contribute towards personal pensionsfor my children.
Can I do this and will I get tax relief on the contributionsI make?A. As from 6 April 2001, scheme administrators may accept a paymentfrom another individual on behalf of a scheme member, subject to the contributionlimit applicable to the member.
Where the scheme member is a child, thechild's legal guardian must be aware of the payment. The payments youmake to your child's personal pension qualify for the addition of taxrelief in your child's pension account at the rate applicable to the child,as if the child had made the contribution him/herself. You yourself arenot entitled to any tax relief on these payments.For advice on the treatment of such payments for Inheritance Tax purposes,please consult the webpages of Inland Revenue (Capital Taxes) from Officeson the Inland Revenue homepage. I have chosen a basis year that I understand appliesfor the purposes of net relevant earnings for contributions to my personalpension for that year and the five following years. Does the earningscap in the basis year apply throughout this period or will my contributionsbe subject to any increased earnings cap in those years?A. When a tax year, in which net relevant earnings are above thecap, is chosen as a basis year, the net relevant earnings would be limitedto the earnings cap in that actual basis year itself.
However, in thesubsequent 5 years, if the earnings cap has increased, and your net relevantearnings from the basis year still exceed this new figure, the amountof contributions that can be made n these particular years will now belimited by reference to the earnings cap in that subsequent tax year.The age related% is still applied according to the member's actual ageon 6 April in the tax year the contribution relates to. Contributions to a Public Sector SchemeQ.
How Much Money Can I Pay Into my Scheme Each Year?A. Members' contributions (basic plus any Additional VoluntaryContributions (AVCs), Free Standing Additional Voluntary Contributions(FSAVCs) and contributions to purchase added years) should not (normally)exceed 15% of their earnings for the tax year in which the contributionsare paid - Para 21(1) Schedule 6 Finance Act 1989. Although this legislationdoes not apply to statutory schemes we nevertheless encourage them toobserve the 15% limit. Most statutory schemes co-operate on this, andsome have even embodied the limit in their regulations.The only situation where the limit does apply to statutory schemes iswhen a member is paying AVCs. As the AVC scheme is approved the 15% limitapplies to the aggregate of AVCs and all contributions to the main schemein the same tax year. Any AVCs in excess of the 15% limit would have tobe refunded.In the context of approved schemes, the contribution cap can be ignoredwhere:. a (pre-1989) member makes a lump sum contribution on retirement toincrease benefits up to the maximum allowed by the scheme rules, or.
a member is obliged by the scheme rules (as at March 1989) to makegood a shortfall in contributions by paying a lump sum contribution.Although a member's contributions may exceed 15% of earnings in the abovecircumstances, the 15% limit on tax relief still applies. I am having a contribution deducted from my retirementlump sum. When is this contribution deemed to have been 'paid'?A. The date a contribution is paid can be important, particularlywhen it is near the end of a tax year. We have to decide if the contributionis effectively paid on the date of retirement or the date the authorisationwas actually given which can be earlier. A contribution paid in the yearof retirement when there are earnings would attract relief (subject tothe normal 15% limit) whereas a contribution paid in the following yearwhen there are no earnings would not.A solicitor's opinion has advised that if the scheme rules require acontribution to be deducted from a member's lump sum retirement benefit,the contribution is effectively paid on the date of retirement. This isbecause the member's entitlement to the lump sum benefit is reduced bythe amount of the obligatory contribution.But where a deduction from a lump sum is voluntary the member's entitlementto the full lump sum benefit remains until the scheme has been authorisedto deduct the contribution.
In this situation the contribution is paidfor tax purposes on the date when that authority is given. I have been paying into my scheme's 'in - house'Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVC) arrangement for a few years butthe pension it will give me will be very small. Can I have the money back,or alternatively can I transfer it into the main scheme and use it tobuy added years?A.
Your AVC fund cannot be treated in isolation. You can onlyhave the money back if you have been in both the AVC scheme and the mainscheme for less than two years. It is not sufficient to simply have beenin the AVC scheme for less than two years.The same applies to commutation on the grounds of triviality. The benefitsfrom the AVC scheme must be added to what you are getting from the mainscheme and only if the total of the two together produces a pension of£260 per annum or less, is commutation on triviality grounds possible.It is not possible to transfer the money into the main scheme eitheras this would automatically give a lump sum which is not acceptable asthe benefits from the AVC fund can only be in pension form.
Additional Voluntary ContributionsAs a member of our Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme you're able to supplement your company pension to help boost your income in retirement.And with average life expectancy increasing, saving in a pension and topping it up is a great way to help build up a larger fund for when you retire. Read more on the.What you may be looking to do:. Change the funds your plan's invested in.
Change the amount of money you pay into your plan. Stop paying into your plan.
Move your money to a different plan. Take the money you've saved in your plan.If you’re considering any of these, please look at the links at the bottom of this page.
Read about the features of your AVC plan.Tax-efficient - AVC's qualify for tax relief, and you can take a tax-free lump sum on taking your benefits. The pension in payment is taxed as earned income. See the of saving in a pension. Additional benefits - you may be able to buy additional pension benefits although you'll need to check with your main scheme to find out more. Portable - you can transfer your AVCs to a new employer - although you'll need to check with your main scheme to find out more. Flexible - you can vary, stop and start, and make regular and/or lump sum payments at any time. Note that charges will still be applied and deducted, and that any changes to your contributions will impact on your benefits at retirement.
Range of funds - your pension contributions can be invested in a choice of funds. The funds available to you will depend on the particular scheme you join. Note that the value of your fund can go down as well as up and you may not get back your original investment.Review your AVC planBy accessing your AVC plan online you may be able to manage your enquiry yourself.You can see a valuation of your funds, change the funds you invest in, increase your contributions, view key documents online, request changes to personal details and send us secure messages.
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Public sector workplace AVCIf you are a member of a public sector AVC scheme please visit your scheme website below.Alternatively you can call us on 0345 600 0343. Group AVCIf you are a member of a company that has a Group AVC plan with Prudential, please visit the.Alternatively you can call us on 0345 600 0383. EmployersPlease visit our of the website. The above is based on our current understanding of taxation, legislation and HM Revenue & Customs practice, all of which are liable to change without notice. The impact of taxation (any tax relief) depends on individual circumstances. Lines are open Mon-Fri 8.30am-6pm, calls may be recorded for security and quality purposes.
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