Tax & Finance

#2026/673Tax corrections for public service pension remedy rules

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Other·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This regulation fixes defects in earlier tax rules linked to the public service pension remedy for unlawful age discrimination. It adjusts how affected public service pension members can deal with annual allowance tax charges, including allowing notices to be given digitally through HMRC for onward transmission to scheme administrators. The practical impact is narrow but important for affected pension members, HMRC, and public service pension scheme administrators. It helps align the tax process with the pension remedy rules and applies some corrections back to earlier tax years, including 2014-15 and 2023-24, depending on the provision.

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Key Changes

  • Corrects defects in earlier tax regulations for the public service pension discrimination remedy
  • Allows certain annual allowance charge notices to be submitted digitally through HMRC for forwarding to pension scheme administrators
  • Applies selected amendments retrospectively to earlier tax years, including 2014-15 and 2023-24

Obligations

What this law requires

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Affected public service pension members may give scheme-pays notices digitally either directly to the relevant Chapter 1 or judicial 2015 scheme administrator or to HMRC for onward transmission to the scheme administrator.

affected public service pension membersHMRCpublic service pension scheme administrators
From 14 July 2026; applies according to the specified retrospective effect provisions
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Public service pension scheme administrators and HMRC must apply the amended tax treatment for affected annual allowance scheme-pays rules for the 2023-24 tax year and later tax years where regulations 5 to 8 apply.

HMRCpublic service pension scheme administrators
Tax year 2023-24 and subsequent tax years
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Public service pension scheme administrators and HMRC must apply the corrections made by regulations 9 to 12 and 15 for the 2014-15 tax year and later tax years.

HMRCpublic service pension scheme administrators
Tax year 2014-15 and subsequent tax years
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Affected Parties

Affected public service pension scheme membersPublic service pension scheme administrators+1 more…

Tags

public service pensions,tax correction,annual allowance