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Pensions

A collection of resources on pensions to support your clients.

In this section

Features and articles

Ways to tackle tax threshold unfairness

Patricia Mock and Sally Campbell, co-authors with Bill Dodwell of a recent Tax Law Review Committee discussion paper, consider a range of principles to help inform future tax policy.

Webinars

Could you take advantage of new legislation and fast forward your pension planning?

An ICAEW Personal Financial Planning Community webinar on planning for your pension.

Helpsheets and support

Judgements and Estimates Guide

This guide looks at reporting requirements relating to the disclosure of key judgements made by management in the process of applying accounting policies, and of assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty underlying amounts within financial statements. The guide is aimed at preparers of accounts under IFRS Accounting Standards and FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Planning for the 2023/24 reporting season

This guide focuses on areas of heightened relevance for the current reporting season, highlighting new reporting requirements and the reporting impact of significant macroeconomic and geopolitical developments.

Pension payments in a property company

FAQ on whether a property investment company can receive tax relief on their employer contributions to a registered pension scheme on the same basis as all their other business expenditure.

Bloomsbury Accounting and Tax Service

Eligible firms have free access to Bloomsbury Professional's comprehensive online library, comprising around 80 titles from some of the country's leading tax and accounting subject matter experts. Find out who is eligible and how you can access the Accounting and Tax Service.

Bloomsbury's tax rates and tables 2024/25: Autumn Statement Edition

Tax rates and tables updated to reflect measures announced in the Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023 and changes proposed in the Autumn Finance Bill 2023 (formally known as Finance Bill 2023/24). It also covers significant changes announced to the operation of the research and development tax reliefs.

Pensions and investments

Tax rates and tables for pensions and investment schemes, updated to reflect measures announced in the Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023 and changes proposed in the Autumn Finance Bill 2023. Helpful additional commentary is included with the rates and tables.

Automatic enrolment including NEST

Chapter providing best-practice information on automatic enrolment in relation to payroll management.

Pensions

A chapter on pensions law, with information on occupational pension schemes, scheme-specific funding, personal pension schemes, state pensions, stakeholder pensions, auto-enrolment and master trust schemes.

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Good retirement guide 2024: everything you need to know about health, property, investment, leisure, work, pensions and tax

Contains information, suggestions and advice on all aspects of retirement and beyond.

Good retirement guide 2023: everything you need to know about health, property, investment, leisure, work, pensions and tax

Contains information, suggestions and advice on all aspects of retirement and beyond.

A practitioner's guide to correcting mistakes in pension schemes

Provides those involved in making decisions and giving advice in relation to pension schemes with the material for considering how pension scheme mistakes may be corrected and - if possble - avoided in the future. It is a legal and a practical guide. Some chapters contain specific sections discussing practical considerations which arise in the context of such mistakes.

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