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Find out how to prepare, compile and submit a pension scheme return, as a pension scheme administrator or practitioner.
How to deal with lump sum death benefit payments and what tax to deduct.
If you're a pension scheme administrator find out how to apply to register a new pension scheme with HMRC or check the progress of submitted applications.
Newsletter 165, published by HMRC in December 2024 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
Find out how to become a pension scheme administrator if you're an individual, partnership or business.
Use the revaluation of earnings factors to calculate your scheme member’s GMP.
A step by step guide to using the online service for pension scheme administrators and practitioners.
Moving an individual's pension fund from one scheme to another and guarding against pension liberation.
Find out about the UK tax relief you can get on contributions to overseas pension schemes and how to claim it.
Find the residency status of your members to give them the right tax relief using relief at source.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the online services for pension schemes.
Newsletter 172, published by HMRC in August 2025 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
What you must do to be a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) and what you must report.
Submit an Event Report to HMRC to declare that a scheme has ceased to exist.
How to pay charges on payments from registered pension schemes and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
Find out how to provide the minimum level of pension that must be paid, depending on benefits a member has accrued and according to anti-franking legislation.
Find out how to report and pay back excess tax relief claimed through relief at source as a pension scheme administrator.
Newsletter 170, published by HMRC in May 2025 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
Most registered pension schemes have one or more trustees who act separately from the employer or anyone else who set up the scheme.
How to register as a practitioner and manage a scheme on behalf of the scheme administrator.
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