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Help with pensions on your Self Assessment tax return

Find information on reporting income from pensions, pensions savings tax charges and claiming relief on pension contributions on your Self Assessment tax return.

Find out about tax relief on your private pension contributions and whether you need claim it in your Self Assessment tax return.

Helpsheet for filling in your tax return

Helpsheets provide information which can help you complete certain sections of your Self Assessment tax return.

Use the Pension savings — tax charges (HS345) helpsheet to help you declare:

  • pension savings tax charges
  • taxable lump sums from overseas pension schemes

HMRC YouTube videos

Watch a YouTube video about paying any tax due on your State Pension if it’s more than your Personal Allowance.

How you pay any tax due on your State Pension if it’s more than your Personal Allowance

You will learn about:

  • your tax code
  • how to include your pension on your Self Assessment tax return
  • your personal allowance

Watch a recorded webinar about other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return.

Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return

You will learn about:

  • declaring income from state and private pensions
  • tax reliefs, including paying into registered pension schemes and overseas pension schemes

Updates to this page

Published 7 May 2025
Last updated 11 September 2025 show all updates
  1. A new YouTube video about paying tax due on your State Pension has been added and the webinar about other income and tax reliefs has been updated.

  2. Added translation

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