Form

Claim Income Tax back on a pension death benefit lump sum

Claim back tax HMRC owes you on a pension death benefit lump sum payment you recently had using form P53Z(DB).

Published 6 April 2016
Last updated 6 May 2020 — see all updates

• From: HM Revenue & Customs

Documents

Fill in the form online, print it off and post it to HMRC

https://public-online.hmrc.gov.uk/lc/content/xfaforms/profiles/forms.html?contentRoot=repository:///Applications/PersonalTax_A/1.0/P53ZDB_202021&template=P53Z(DB).xdp

Print off the form, fill it in and post it to HMRC

Ref: P53Z(DB) PDF, 272KB, 9 pages

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Details

Use this form to claim back tax HMRC owes you on a pension death benefit lump sum you recently received where you’ve taken a pension death benefit lump sum payment and it used up all of your fund.

You can either:

• fill in the form on-screen, print it off and post it to HMRC
• print form P53Z(DB) and fill it in by hand, if you can’t use the on-screen form

Related forms

Income Tax: claim for a repayment of tax when you have stopped working: pension death benefit lump sum (P50Z(DB))
If you’ve stopped working, you can claim back tax HMRC owes you on a pension death benefit lump sum payment using form P50Z(DB).

Income Tax: flexibly accessed pension death benefit payment: repayment claim (P55(DB))
Claim back tax HMRC owes you on a death benefit lump sum payment using form P55(DB).

Published 6 April 2016
Last updated 6 May 2020 + show all updates

1. 6 May 2020

   Form P53Z(DB) to claim income tax back on a pension death benefit lump sum updated for tax year 2020 to 2021.

2. 6 April 2019

   Form P53Z(DB) to claim income tax back on a pension death benefit lump sum updated for tax year 2019 to 2020.

3. 31 May 2018

   Welsh translation updated to replace Universal Credit with Carer's Allowance.

4. 16 May 2018

   The form has been updated to show Universal Credit has been replaced by Carer's Allowance.

5. 6 April 2018

   Rates, dates, allowances and duties have been updated for the tax year 2018 to 2019.

6. 30 June 2017

   Forms updated to reflect new tax year

7. 7 June 2017

   Welsh translation added.

8. 16 February 2017

   Online form added for print off and post.

9. 6 April 2016

   First published.