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Hot Topic: Pensions tax – transitional tax-free amount certificates – July 2024

6 April 2024 (“LTA-Day”) marked the end of the LTA and the debut of two new tax-free lump sum allowances: the “lump sum allowance” (“LSA”) and the “lump sum and death benefit allowance”...

Hot Topic: Pensions tax – getting ready for LTA-Day – February 2024

The Finance Act 2024 paves the way for the LTA’s demise from 6 April 2024. But this brings with it a number of complications, the key one being where to draw the dividing line between tax-free lump sums and taxed lump sums. This Hot...

Consultation on options for DB schemes

Introduction On 23 February 2024, the DWP published a consultation seeking views on proposals to make it easier to make payments from DB scheme surplus to sponsors and scheme members and a model for a public sector DB consolidator run by...

New DB funding code – it’s all about the journey

The key to all good sagas is a little longevity. A fast start, plenty of meandering and then a crescendo finish. Something like that, anyway. Take the new DB funding regime. The idea of tougher standards was catapulted into pensions...