NIM02757 - Earnings of employees and office holders: retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006 - employer-financed retirement benefits schemes: employer's payments into such schemes

Paragraph 8(a) of Part 6 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions)Regulations 2001 (as inserted by regulation 8(7) of the Social Security (Contributions)(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006)

An employer’s payment into an employer-financed retirement benefits scheme(“EFRBS”; NIM02756) is disregarded in the calculation of earnings for Class 1 NICs purposes.

For details of:

• the Class 1A NICs position, see NIM14510
• the Class 1 NICs position on an employer’s payment into a funded unapproved retirement benefits scheme (“FURBS”) before 6th April 2006, see NIM02157 - NIM02160
• the income tax position on an employer’s payment into an unapproved retirement benefits scheme (up to and including 5th April 2006) and an EFRBS (from 6th April 2006), see EIM15040.