Spring Budget 2017: Master trust tax registration to align with authorisation

Master trusts will face a new tax registration process aimed at boosting savers' protection and aligning it with the incoming authorisation process.
The move was announced in today's Spring Budget documents and builds on additional protections being put together for master trusts in the upcoming Pension Schemes Bill. It will mean a master trust's...
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