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Annual Allowance extension of voluntary scheme pays facility from tax year 2017/18
Members are liable for an annual allowance charge if their total pension growth - across all their pension schemes in a tax year, shown on their annual allowance pension savings statement as their pension input amount - is more than their available…
Update on introduction of member contributions changes
Following a consultation earlier this year regarding changes to member contributions that will be implemented from 1 October 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has recently consulted on proposals for how the pensionable earnings…
New NHS Pensions member events for NHS dental practitioners
A new series of NHS Pensions member events are now available specifically for NHS dental practitioners who are part of the NHS Pension Scheme
The events aim to provide more clarity on what the Scheme is and the benefits that members are entitled to…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime for December 2023 and January 2024
POL will be available throughout December and January between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 24 December
Sunday 7 January
Saturday 13 January…
Reminder - the DHSC consultation on April 2024 scheme regulation changes closes at 11:59pm on 7 January 2024
The proposals in the consultation are to:
deliver phase 2 of the review of member contributions
introduce a new employer pension contribution rate in line with the results of the 2020 scheme valuation
permanently remove abatement for special…
Final Pay Control and deferred members
Where a member leaves NHS employment on or after 1 April 2014 and their benefits are deferred, the member’s deferred benefits will be checked to see if they exceed the Final Pay Control limits when their benefits are either:
Transferred to…
TRS Refresh 2020
The TRS data cut for the annual refresh will take place after 7pm on Friday 19 June 2020, with refreshed statements available by the end of August 2020.
The data cut will capture successfully updated records up to and including 31 March 2020.…
The Greenbury query window closes on the 31 July 2022
For any employers that have Greenbury queries, please ensure that these have been submitted by 31 July 2022. Any queries received after this date will not receive a response.
Greenbury requests for senior managers who have opted out of the NHS…
Changes to annual rate at cessation (ARAC) requests
We have been looking at our process when requesting the annual rate at cessation (ARAC) from employers. As a result, we will no longer routinely request this information where it has already been provided or it is already held on the member’s record…
Ill health retirement applications – new forms
NHS Pensions has updated the ill heath retirement forms, making the question on life expectancy mandatory for all applications. If this is not completed, an application form will be returned causing potential delay for the members application.…