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643-30
Your pension providers can tell you whether any of these will apply.
643
Transferring your pension
30
1,947
2,015
643-31
Transferring to an overseas pension scheme
643
Transferring your pension
31
2,016
2,058
643-32
You may be able to transfer your UK pension savings to an overseas pension scheme.
643
Transferring your pension
32
2,059
2,141
643-33
Get help and advice including if you’re concerned about a pension scam.
643
Transferring your pension
33
2,142
2,213
643-34
Schemes you can transfer to
643
Transferring your pension
34
2,214
2,241
643-35
The overseas scheme you want to transfer your pension savings to must be a ‘qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme’ (QROPS). It’s up to you to check this with the overseas scheme or your UK pension provider or adviser.
643
Transferring your pension
35
2,242
2,467
643-36
If it’s not a QROPS, your UK pension scheme may refuse to make the transfer, or you’ll have to pay at least 40% tax on the transfer.
643
Transferring your pension
36
2,468
2,600
643-37
Tax when you transfer to a QROPS
643
Transferring your pension
37
2,601
2,633
643-38
Whether you pay tax depends on where the QROPS you transfer to is based. It’s your responsibility to find out where this is.
643
Transferring your pension
38
2,634
2,758
643-39
You do not have to pay any tax if you asked for a transfer to a QROPS before 9 March 2017.
643
Transferring your pension
39
2,759
2,849
643-40
You usually do not pay tax if you transfer to a QROPS provided by your employer. Check with the scheme to find out.
643
Transferring your pension
40
2,850
2,965
643-41
You transfer to a QROPS based in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Gibraltar
643
Transferring your pension
41
2,966
3,044
643-42
You pay 25% tax if you either:
643
Transferring your pension
42
3,045
3,075
643-43
live outside the UK, Gibraltar or the EEA
643
Transferring your pension
43
3,076
3,117
643-44
move to live outside the UK, Gibraltar or the EEA within 5 years
643
Transferring your pension
44
3,118
3,182
643-45
Otherwise you do not pay tax.
643
Transferring your pension
45
3,183
3,212
643-46
You can get tax refunded if you move to the UK, Gibraltar or an EEA country within 5 years of the transfer. To claim, tell your UK scheme’s administrator and your overseas scheme manager you’ve moved using form APSS 241. They’ll put the tax refund back into the pension it was taken from.
643
Transferring your pension
46
3,213
3,501
643-47
You transfer to a QROPS based outside the UK, Gibraltar or the EEA
643
Transferring your pension
47
3,502
3,568
643-48
You do not have to pay tax if you live in the country your QROPS is based in. Otherwise you’ll have to pay 25% tax.
643
Transferring your pension
48
3,569
3,684
643-49
If you move countries within 5 years of the transfer, fill in form APSS 241 and give it to your scheme administrator. You’ll:
643
Transferring your pension
49
3,685
3,810
643-50
get a refund if you’ve moved to the country your QROPS is based in
643
Transferring your pension
50
3,811
3,877
643-51
have to pay 25% tax on your transfer if you’ve moved away from the country your QROPS is based in
643
Transferring your pension
51
3,878
3,975
643-52
How to transfer
643
Transferring your pension
52
3,976
3,991
643-53
Form APSS 263 tells you what information you’ll need to provide before making a transfer.
643
Transferring your pension
53
3,992
4,081
643-54
Download and fill in the form and give it to your UK pension scheme administrator.
643
Transferring your pension
54
4,082
4,164
643-55
Your transfer will be taxed at 25% if you do not provide all the information the form asks for within 60 days of requesting the transfer.
643
Transferring your pension
55
4,165
4,302
643-56
If you’re under 75, your UK pension scheme administrator will work out what percentage of your lifetime allowance is used by the transfer.
643
Transferring your pension
56
4,303
4,441
643-57
They’ll tell you if the amount you’re transferring is more than your allowance and if you’ll be taxed on it.
643
Transferring your pension
57
4,442
4,550
643-58
Payments from an overseas pension
643
Transferring your pension
58
4,551
4,584
643-59
You may have to pay UK tax on some payments from your overseas scheme. This depends on when you were a UK resident.
643
Transferring your pension
59
4,585
4,700
644-0
About workplace pensions
644
Workplace pensions
0
0
24
644-1
A workplace pension is a way of saving for your retirement that’s arranged by your employer.
644
Workplace pensions
1
25
117
644-2
Some workplace pensions are called ‘occupational’, ‘works’, ‘company’ or ‘work-based’ pensions.
644
Workplace pensions
2
118
213
644-3
How they work
644
Workplace pensions
3
214
227
644-4
A percentage of your pay is put into the pension scheme automatically every payday.
644
Workplace pensions
4
228
311
644-5
In most cases, your employer also adds money into the pension scheme for you. You may also get tax relief from the government.
644
Workplace pensions
5
312
438
644-6
Joining a workplace pension
644
Workplace pensions
6
439
466
644-7
All employers must provide a workplace pension scheme. This is called ‘automatic enrolment’.
644
Workplace pensions
7
467
559
644-8
Your employer must automatically enrol you into a pension scheme and make contributions to your pension if all of the following apply:
644
Workplace pensions
8
560
694
644-9
you’re classed as a ‘worker’
644
Workplace pensions
9
695
723
644-10
you’re aged between 22 and State Pension age
644
Workplace pensions
10
724
768
644-11
you earn at least £10,000 per year
644
Workplace pensions
11
769
803
644-12
you usually (‘ordinarily’) work in the UK (read the detailed guidance if you’re not sure)
644
Workplace pensions
12
804
893
644-13
When your employer does not have to automatically enrol you
644
Workplace pensions
13
894
953
644-14
Your employer usually does not have to automatically enrol you if you do not meet the previous criteria or if any of the following apply:
644
Workplace pensions
14
954
1,091
644-15
you’ve already given notice to your employer that you’re leaving your job, or they’ve given you notice
644
Workplace pensions
15
1,092
1,194
644-16
you have evidence of your lifetime allowance protection (for example, a certificate from HMRC)
644
Workplace pensions
16
1,195
1,289
644-17
you’ve already taken a pension that meets the automatic enrolment rules and your employer arranged it
644
Workplace pensions
17
1,290
1,391
644-18
you get a one-off payment from a workplace pension scheme that’s closed (a ‘winding up lump sum’), and then leave and rejoin the same job within 12 months of getting the payment
644
Workplace pensions
18
1,392
1,569
644-19
more than 12 months before your staging date, you left (‘opted out’) of a pension arranged through your employer
644
Workplace pensions
19
1,570
1,682
644-20
you’re from an EU member state and are in a EU cross-border pension scheme
644
Workplace pensions
20
1,683
1,757
644-21
you’re in a limited liability partnership
644
Workplace pensions
21
1,758
1,799
644-22
you’re a director without an employment contract and employ at least one other person in your company
644
Workplace pensions
22
1,800
1,901
644-23
You can usually still join their pension if you want to. Your employer cannot refuse.
644
Workplace pensions
23
1,902
1,987
644-24
If your income is low
644
Workplace pensions
24
1,988
2,009
644-25
Your employer does not have to contribute to your pension if you earn these amounts or less:
644
Workplace pensions
25
2,010
2,102
644-26
£520 a month
644
Workplace pensions
26
2,103
2,115
644-27
£120 a week
644
Workplace pensions
27
2,116
2,127
644-28
£480 over 4 weeks
644
Workplace pensions
28
2,128
2,145
644-29
What happens when you’re automatically enrolled
644
Workplace pensions
29
2,146
2,193
644-30
Your employer must write to you when you’ve been automatically enrolled into their workplace pension scheme. They must tell you:
644
Workplace pensions
30
2,194
2,322
644-31
the date they added you to the pension scheme
644
Workplace pensions
31
2,323
2,368
644-32
the type of pension scheme and who runs it
644
Workplace pensions
32
2,369
2,411
644-33
how much they’ll contribute and how much you’ll have to pay in
644
Workplace pensions
33
2,412
2,474
644-34
how to leave the scheme, if you want to
644
Workplace pensions
34
2,475
2,514
644-35
how tax relief applies to you
644
Workplace pensions
35
2,515
2,544
644-36
Delaying your enrolment date
644
Workplace pensions
36
2,545
2,573
644-37
Your employer can delay the date they must enrol you into a pension scheme by up to 3 months.
644
Workplace pensions
37
2,574
2,667
644-38
In some cases they may be able to delay longer if they’ve chosen either:
644
Workplace pensions
38
2,668
2,740
644-39
a ‘defined benefit’ pension
644
Workplace pensions
39
2,741
2,768
644-40
a ‘hybrid’ pension (a mixture of defined benefit and defined contribution pensions) that allows you to take a defined benefit pension
644
Workplace pensions
40
2,769
2,902
644-41
Your employer must:
644
Workplace pensions
41
2,903
2,922
644-42
tell you about the delay in writing
644
Workplace pensions
42
2,923
2,958
644-43
let you join in the meantime if you ask to
644
Workplace pensions
43
2,959
3,001
644-44
What your employer cannot do
644
Workplace pensions
44
3,002
3,030
644-45
Your employer cannot:
644
Workplace pensions
45
3,031
3,052
644-46
unfairly dismiss or discriminate against you for being in a workplace pension scheme
644
Workplace pensions
46
3,053
3,137
644-47
encourage or force you to opt out
644
Workplace pensions
47
3,138
3,171
644-48
What you, your employer and the government pay
644
Workplace pensions
48
3,172
3,218
644-49
The amount you and your employer pay towards the pension depends on:
644
Workplace pensions
49
3,219
3,287
644-50
what type of workplace pension scheme you’re in
644
Workplace pensions
50
3,288
3,335
644-51
whether you’ve been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension or you’ve joined one voluntarily (‘opted in’)
644
Workplace pensions
51
3,336
3,447
644-52
Use the Money Advice Service’s contributions calculator to work out how much you and your employer will put in.
644
Workplace pensions
52
3,448
3,559
644-53
Tax relief
644
Workplace pensions
53
3,560
3,570
644-54
The government will usually add money to your workplace pension in the form of tax relief if both of the following apply:
644
Workplace pensions
54
3,571
3,692
644-55
you pay Income Tax
644
Workplace pensions
55
3,693
3,711
644-56
you pay into a personal pension or workplace pension
644
Workplace pensions
56
3,712
3,764
644-57
Even if you do not pay Income Tax, you’ll still get an additional payment if your pension scheme uses ‘relief at source’ to add money to your pension pot.
644
Workplace pensions
57
3,765
3,919
644-58
If you’ve been automatically enrolled
644
Workplace pensions
58
3,920
3,957
644-59
You and your employer must pay a percentage of your earnings into your workplace pension scheme.
644
Workplace pensions
59
3,958
4,054
644-60
How much you pay and what counts as earnings depend on the pension scheme your employer has chosen. Ask your employer about your pension scheme rules.
644
Workplace pensions
60
4,055
4,205
644-61
In most automatic enrolment schemes, you’ll make contributions based on your total earnings between £6,240 and £50,270 a year before tax. Your total earnings include:
644
Workplace pensions
61
4,206
4,372
644-62
salary or wages
644
Workplace pensions
62
4,373
4,388
644-63
bonuses and commission
644
Workplace pensions
63
4,389
4,411
644-64
overtime
644
Workplace pensions
64
4,412
4,420
644-65
statutory sick pay
644
Workplace pensions
65
4,421
4,439
644-66
statutory maternity, paternity or adoption pay
644
Workplace pensions
66
4,440
4,486
644-67
Workplace pension contributions
644
Workplace pensions
67
4,487
4,518
644-68
| The minimum your employer pays | You pay | Total minimum contribution
644
Workplace pensions
68
4,519
4,590
644-69
From April 2019 | 3% | 5% | 8%
644
Workplace pensions
69
4,591
4,621