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Use this service to correct your tax position if you have been affected by the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud).
Find schemes that have told HMRC they meet the conditions to be a recognised overseas pension scheme (ROPS).
Use this service to get a pension scheme member’s Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) calculation.
How to apply for and check protections from the reductions in lifetime allowance.
You can take different tax-free lump sums from your pension pot depending on the type of protected allowances you hold.
How to manage a registered pension scheme if you're a scheme administrator.
Find out rates and allowances for pension schemes for the 2024 to 2025 tax year.
You must provide information on flexible access, pension savings, relevant benefit crystallisation events, lump sum death benefits and overseas transfers.
Tables and instructions to work out the ‘basis amount’ for calculating the maximum income from capped drawdown pension funds.
How qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) managers report pension transfers and when tax needs to be paid.
How you can use relief at source to claim tax relief back on pension scheme contributions.
Ask for a refund or reallocation of charges paid relating to returns and reports submitted using the Pension Schemes Online or Managing Pension Schemes services.
Newsletter 168, published by HMRC in March 2025 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
What you need to do if your member has protected their allowances and this entitles them to both a higher lump sum allowance and lump sum death benefit allowance.
Payments made outside the tax rules are classed as unauthorised and tax charges are payable.
How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.
Use the revaluation of earnings factors to calculate your scheme member’s GMP.
Find out about the requirements for pension scheme administrators, insurance companies, members and employers and how to report them to HMRC.
How to deal with lump sum death benefit payments and what tax to deduct.
If you're a pension scheme administrator find out how to apply to register a new pension scheme with HMRC or check the progress of submitted applications.
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