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If your pension savings are more than your annual allowance, carry forward unused annual allowances from previous years.
Work out how much annual allowance you get for your pension savings for 2016 to 2017 and each later tax year.
Work out what your allowances are and if you need to pay tax on your pension savings if you flexibly access your pension.
Find out when your pension scheme must pay some or all of the tax for you and when they can choose to do so.
Tax you pay and tax relief you get on contributions to your private pension - annual allowance, lifetime allowance, apply for individual protection
What you need to do if your member puts more than their annual allowance into their pension.
Check how your annual allowance could have been affected by the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud).
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