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Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Report changes in circumstances if you're claiming or have applied for Carer's Allowance - if you get a job, take a break from caring for someone, stop being a carer
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire (UC50) if you’re asked to do so, this is not a claim form.
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
Taking up your State Pension later - what you'll get, how to defer, extra State Pension and lump sum payment.
A disability premium is extra money if you’re under Pension Credit age and registered blind or getting certain benefits - what you get, eligibility, apply
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
How to pay Class 2 self-employed National Insurance contributions - online, bank transfer, cheque, payslips.
Contact information for Carer's Allowance Unit, telephone number and address
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