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Fixed Protection 2012 - protection up to the lifetime allowance charge up to a maximum of

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£1.8m

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What triggers the MPAA

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Taking an UFPLS
Drawing from a flexi-access capped drawdown fund
Exceeding capped drawdown limit
Taking a stand-alone lump sum with primary protection
Taking a scheme pension in a small scheme

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What is pension offsetting

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When divorcing or dissolving your civil partnership, all your assets and those of your ex-partner are taken into account.

If you decide to opt for pension offsetting, each party keeps their pension assets. But these are then offset against the other assets – for example, if one person has a large pension pot, the other might get the house (assuming it has a similar value).

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What is pension sharing

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Pension sharing allows a member’s pension savings to be split at the point of divorce or annulment of a marriage or, for civil partnerships, on dissolution or annulment. In this article, to keep things simple, we’ll use ‘divorce’ to cover each of these.

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What is earmarking

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Pension earmarking allows the courts to make an order requiring part, or all, of the member’s pension benefits (except the state pension) to be paid to their ex-spouse or ex-civil partner when they become payable.

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How often must a registered pension scheme submit an accounting for tax (AFT) return to HMRC

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Quarterly

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Role of pension ombudsman

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Investigate complaints about how pension schemes are run

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Tax relief for employer contributions is normally spread over more than one accountancy period if the relevant excess contribution is at least

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£500,000.
£500 - £1m - 2 accounting periods
£1m - £2m - 3 accounting periods
£2m or more - 4 accounting periods

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Unauthorised payments charge

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Tax charge of 40% of the unauthroised payment made for the benefit any scheme member.

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Unauthorised payments surcharge

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additional tax charge of 15% where the value of the unauthorised payments is 25% or more of the fund value.

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Pensions in Payment from DB Occupational Schemes must increase by at least

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LPI - Limited Price Indexation. since April 1997

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Which body sets out the codes of practice for the trustees of an occupational pension scheme

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The pension regulator.

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What is the codes of practice

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The aim of the codes is to set out how the pensions regulator sees a well run scheme going about complying with a particular regulatory obligation.

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Short Service Refund

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When a member leaves the service of the defined benefit scheme employer and does not
have a statutory right to preservation, it may be possible for them to receive a refund of their
own contributions paid into the scheme, with or without interest.

available if employed for less than two years.

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Short service refund tax

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20% on first £20k and remainder taxed at 50% - rests with scheme admin rather than member.

Refund to employer is taxed at 35%.

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Non-eligible jobholders for auto enrolement

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under age of 22
over SPA
earn less than the earnings trigger but more than the lower level of qualifying earnings.

don’t need to be auto enrolled but must be made aware of the right to join scheme. If joining they can join like anyone else can.

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Eligble jobholders for auto enrolment

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At least 22 and under SPA
Above the auto enrollment earnings trigger
automatically enrolled

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non eligible jobholders for auto enrolement

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between 16 and 21, or SPA and 75
above the auto enrolment earnings trigger
not automatically enrolled buy can opt in

between 16 and 75
equal to or below the auto enrolement earnings trigger
not automatically enrolled but can opt in

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Entitled jobholders for auto enrolment

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between 16 and 75
without qualfiying earnings
not automatically enrolled but the employer has to facilitate them joining a pension scheme if asked but need not to contribute

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Lower level of qualifying earnings

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£6,240

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Earnings trigger for automatic enrolement

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£10,000

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Upper level of qualifying earnings

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£50,270

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Eligble jobholder are auto enroled if earnings are over £10k.

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23
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AE minimum contribuiton

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8% - 3 employer & 5 employee

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what is fixed protection 2012

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introduced due to reduction in LTA.

Required individual to make election to HMRC by 5 Apri l2012 to allow benefit testing to be based on the 1.8m LTA.

No further pension contributions.
No transfer of benefits unless a permitted transfer
no new registered scheme (unless it was to receive a permitted transfer of existing benefits)
Accrual limited to relevant percetgae for DB

Needed to have at least £1.5m in pension benefits.

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What is fixed protection 2014

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introduced due to reduction in LTA.

Required individual to make election to HMRC by 5 April 2014 to allow benefit testing to be based on the 1.5m LTA.

No further pension contributions.
No transfer of benefits unless a permitted transfer
no new registered scheme (unless it was to receive a permitted transfer of existing benefits)
Accrual limited to relevant percetgae for DB

Needed to have at leat £1.25m in pension benefits

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What is fixed protection 2016

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introduced due to reduction in LTA.

Required individual to make election to HMRC by 5 April 2014 to allow benefit testing to be based on the 1.25m LTA.

No further pension contributions.
No transfer of benefits unless a permitted transfer
no new registered scheme (unless it was to receive a permitted transfer of existing benefits)
Accrual limited to relevant percetgae for DB

Needed to have at least £1 m in pension benefits

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What is primary protection

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Available to those with pension rights worth more than £1.5m on 5 April 2006.
Further benefit actual is permitted.
Allows people to have the value of their right at 5 April 2006 increased in line with the standard lifetime allowance and not be subject to a tax charge

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How were pre A-day benefits revalued

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takes into account reference to earnings, length of time they worked for the employer, when they joined the scheme

30
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Individual Protection 2014 and 206

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provides individualised lifetime allowance capped at £1.5m and £1.25m.
Pension contributions can continue to be paid.

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Enhanced Protection

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This applies to individuals who wanted full protection from the lifetime allowance charge when they come to take their benefits. Enhanced protection allows the pension fund to grow to any amount without it being subject to the lifetime allowance.

Could protect tfc. E.g. if tfc at

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how often must a db scheme provide a statement of beefits to a guy aged 45 who is an active member

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only on client request

33
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bid and offer

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bid - what you would buy it at and offer is what it would be sold.

difference was commonly 5%

34
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maximum guarantee period when ourchasing a lifetime annuity via crystallised funds

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none

35
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irrecovable trust

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trus tthat cannot be undone without proper provision made to secure the benefits due under it

36
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When must a scheme admin submit an event report to hmrc after a reportable event

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31 january following the tax year n which the report event occured

37
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when should a proposal form be completed

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only after a kfd and kfi has been given to the client

38
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who should receive a copy of a recovery plan

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the pesnion regulator

39
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waiver of premium with tax releif - what date

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6 april 2001.

waiver can still be created via separate policies but no tax relief

40
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underpinned lta

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£1.8m

41
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Footballer - each year before age 55, what is lta reduced by

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2.50%

42
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db quote before expected retirement date

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must be at least 6 weeks before

43
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dc schemes aware of pension wise if within how many months of normal minimum pension age

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six

44
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Direct offer, employees receive

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information on how they can obtain a pack or explanatory documents.

45
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fos compensation limit for pensions

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£415k

46
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total pension input amount - db schemes defintion

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the increae i value of an indiviuals pension benefit during the pip

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