Law and Regulation

The government's green paper on tax relief has been welcomed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has rejected claims that Capita "unreasonably" delayed a pension transfer out of the Travel Automation Systems Retirement Benefits Scheme into a Guernsey-based scheme.

The amount of tax the government has collected from people breaching the lifetime pension allowance (LTA) has risen by 276% since George Osborne became Chancellor.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has told defined benefit trustees to assess employer covenants as part of their triennial valuations, and monitor employer support regularly.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is to launch a tool to help small employers assess their work force for auto-enrolment and calculate contributions.

Workers believe the tax treatment of pensions is too complex and would welcome switching to a system that treats pensions like ISAs, according to research from PwC.

Proposed changes to European pension rules would make it harder for employers to change their defined contribution (DC) provider, according to Towers Watson.

Fraudsters targeting pension pots in the wake of freedom and choice reforms are increasingly linking their efforts to investment scams such as fine wines and overseas property, Citizens Advice has warned.

A proposed cap on redundancy payoffs in the public sector could limit early pension payments from the local government pension scheme (LGPS).

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