With more people saving into pensions thanks to auto-enrolment, they need to be aware of the interaction with the tax system to ensure maximum efficiency. What are the key elements to be aware of?
Published 18.04.2019
An unwelcome consequence of the hugely successful policy to get nine million people into workplace pensions is that the bill for tax relief has now reached an eye-watering £50 billion per year. So
what might happen next?
Published 15.11.2017
The Department for Work and Pensions is considering how to prevent employees opting out when the contribution figure rises to 3% in April 2018. So what’s the plan?
Published 11.12.2017
The Treasury has published a call for evidence suggesting solutions to the current problems with pension tax relief. What are these problems and what are the proposals to fix them?
Published 17.09.2020
Since 2012 employers, and specifically payroll professionals like you, have had to become pensions specialists too. So what are the nuts and bolts of this new area of expertise?
Published 09.07.2018
It’s all change from October 2017 as auto-enrolment hits its five-year milestone and we head towards the first increase in contributions. What’s involved and what might be the additional cost?
Published 20.09.2017
With employees’ and employers’ NI contributions having increased by 1.25%, you’ve been asked to work out what the savings would be if the company implemented a salary sacrifice arrangement for the
employees’ pension contributions. Where do you start?
Published 07.04.2022
Back in 2015 George Osborne gave people access to their defined contribution pensions at age 55, and many thousands have taken the opportunity to access their cash. But what are the tax and benefits
issues to be aware of?
Published 13.06.2019
It’s five years since the implementation of auto-enrolment so the government has carried out a review to consider any future changes to policy that might be needed. Is there much to worry about?
Published 12.01.2018
Many small employers who auto-enrolled staff into a workplace pension for the first time in 2017 are now facing auto re-enrolment. What do you need to know to ensure a pain-free process?
Published 07.07.2020