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Use this service to claim tax relief on your personal pension and workplace pension scheme or change an existing claim.
This document is a policy explainer on the Pension Tax Allowance, which was announced at Budget 2026.
1. What is the Pension Tax Allowance? The Pension Tax Allowance is a tax…
Find out how to claim a tax refund on an additional lump sum or cash payment your private pension.
Find out how tax on your State Pension is worked out when you have other income.
Check what you need to do when taking lump sums so you know what's tax free.
How to migrate from the Pension Schemes Online service to the Managing Pensions Schemes service and manage and view your pension schemes.
Find out when your pension scheme must pay some or all of the tax for you and when they can choose to do so.
If you’re a legal representative, find out the information you need to tell HMRC to calculate the lump sum death benefit charge.
Check how your annual allowance could have been affected by the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud).
How to calculate your client’s tax position if you are a tax agent acting on their behalf and they’ve been affected by the public service pensions remedy (known as McCloud).
If you’re a member or a legal personal representative of a member of a public pension scheme and not a judicial or local government scheme member, check how the public service pensions remedy (known as McCloud) could affect…
If you have pension lifetime allowance protection or have had a benefit crystallisation event, check if the public service pensions remedy (known as McCloud) has affected these.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Calculate your public service pension adjustment service.
If you’re a member or a legal personal representative of a member of a judicial public service pension scheme, check how the public service pensions remedy (known as McCloud) could affect you.
Lifetime allowance (LTA) newsletter published by HMRC in March 2024 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
If you had unauthorised payments to your pension in the remedy period, find out how the public service pensions remedy (known as McCloud) could have affected these.
Lifetime allowance newsletter published by HMRC in December 2023 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
Lifetime allowance newsletter published by HMRC in February 2024 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
If you have a private pension, following the public service pensions remedy (known as McCloud), you may have to tell your pension provider of changes, or have new charges to pay.
Lifetime allowance newsletter published by HMRC in March 2023 to update stakeholders on the latest news for pension schemes.
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