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Tax simplification – deadlines and headlines

A-Day (6 April 2006) may now be a distant memory, but tax simplification continues to raise new issues for pension schemes. As well as highlighting some important deadlines which are looming, in this Alert we also take a brief look at some...

23/02/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION The Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2009 DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS Response to Consultation: Pension Protection...

TPR – your flexible friend?

Recognising that these are difficult times, on 18 February 2009 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) issued a statement to employers who sponsor defined benefit pension schemes regarding the impact of current economic conditions. This follows a...

16/02/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION The Occupational Pension Schems (Levy Ceiling – Earnings Percentage Increase) Order 2009 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2009 The Financial Assistance Scheme and Incapacity Benefit (Miscellaneous...

09/02/2009: 7 Days

LEGISLATION The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009 The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2009 The Social Security (Contributions)...

The Pensions Regulator (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2009

Sacker & Partners LLP has responded to the consultation by the Department for Work and Pensions on the Pensions Regulator (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2009. The aim of this consultation is to amend the statutory period that...

The Pensions Regulator – Code of Practice 12: Application of the Material Detriment Test

Sacker & Partners LLP has responded to the consultation relating to the Pension Regulator’s consultation on its latest draft code of practice, on the application of the “material detriment test”. The test allows the Regulator to...