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More tax reform

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 25 2013

From 6 April 2014 the Lifetime Allowance will reduce from £1.5m to £1.25m and the Annual Allowance will reduce from £50,000 to £40,000. This will

DC pension charges

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 25 2013

A new Joint Industry voluntary Code of Conduct: "Pensions Charges Made Clear" applies to all parties that provide services to employers in setting up

RPI remains intact

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 25 2013

Following consultation, the Office for National Statistics has announced that there will be no change to the calculation of the Retail Prices Index

The end of contracting out

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • January 25 2013

The introduction of a single tier state pension will lead to the end of contracting out for DB pension plans. Employers and employees will be

Hot topics in pensions

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 20 2012

The High Court considered whether the pension plan trustees could use a discretion in the rules to switch to CPI for indexing deferred and pensioner benefits

Pensions incentive exercises clarified

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 15 2012

Over the course of the last year, the Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, has expressed concerns about some of the “bad practices” associated with pensions incentive exercises offered to members of defined benefit pension plans

Governance of DC pensions after auto-enrolment

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 20 2012

The Pensions Regulator has issued a further statement on the governance of Defined Contribution pension plans affecting trust and contact based arrangements

Equality in pensions work in progress

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 19 2012

The famous quote from George Orwell’s Animal Farm: "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" applies to some extent to pension provision

Protected rights and short service refunds

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 10 2012

Trustees of pension plans which are (or have been) contracted out on a protected rights basis should be aware of the tax position in relation to short service refunds of contributions from 6 April 2012 onwards

Hot topics in pensions

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • July 13 2012

From April 2012 it has been possible to make transfer payments from contracted-out to contracted-in pension plans