Guidance

HMRC: pension schemes data file formats

Examples of input and output file formats required for HMRC pension scheme administration.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 13 November 2014
• Last updated: 19 January 2015
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  1. 19 January 2015

     Attachment 'Scheme Reconciliation Service data output file example' updated.

  2. 13 November 2014

     First published.

Documents

Scheme Reconciliation Service data output file example

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 35.5 KB

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COMMS example of input and output file

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National Insurance Number/Date of Birth Service example of input and output file

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Details

The first document is an example of the output file from the Scheme Reconciliation Service that pension scheme administrators will receive if they use this service.

The second document is an example of the input and output files for use with the Contracted-out Magnetic Media Service (COMMS).

The third document is an example of the format to use for the input file and an example of the output file from the National Insurance Number/Date of Birth checking service.