Guidance

HMRC: pension schemes data file formats

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

Documents

Scheme Reconciliation Service data output file example

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 13 November 2014
Last updated 19 January 2015 + show all updates
  1. Attachment 'Scheme Reconciliation Service data output file example' updated.

  2. First published.

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