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Amendments contained in the Pensions Act 2004 (PA 2004) will allow trustees of occupational pension schemes to operate a simplified one stage internal dispute resolution procedure (IDRP) under section 50 of the Pensions Act 1995. Whilst a...
Amongst the new Pensions Regulator’s “super powers”, the anti-avoidance provisions are aimed at preventing employers from dodging pension scheme liabilities. Anyone concerned that their actions might fall foul of the...
Parts of the Pensions Act 2004 come into force on 6 April 2005. In the lead up, we thought it would be helpful to provide you with a quick recap of the areas coming into force. Download...
Following Gordon Brown’s Budget confirmation that “a package of supplementary measures” on tax simplification was in the pipeline, the Finance Bill 2005 was published on 24 March 2005. The amending provisions are...
It has been a long time coming but we now have the Government’s thinking on life after the minimum funding requirement (MFR). It will be replaced by a Statutory Funding Objective (SFO), which is designed to reflect the funding...
Amid the Pensions Act 2004 maelstrom, on 17 March 2005 the Pensions Regulator (TPR) pbulished a draft code of practice for consultation on trustee knowledge and understanding (TKU). The consultation period runs until 10 June 2005. The TKU...
In his last Budget before the general election, on 16 March 2005 the Chancellor Gordon Brown confirmed that “a package of supplementary measures” will form part of the tax simplification provisions coming into force in April...
