Net pay issue to widen as AE lower earnings limit rise confirmed

James Phillips
clock • 3 min read

Low earners in net-pay schemes will lose out on more pensions tax relief as the gap between auto-enrolment (AE) qualifying earnings and the personal tax allowance widens.

Under plans announced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today (4 December), the lower earnings limit for AE is set to rise by £104 per year to £6,136 from April next year. Pensions a...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

James Phillips
Author spotlight

James Phillips

Professional Pensions journalist from 2016-2022

More on Defined Contribution

Call for urgent clarification after 'mandation by the back door' pensions bill clause

Call for urgent clarification after 'mandation by the back door' pensions bill clause

Fears regulators will use asset allocation test to decide whether or not to approve a MSDA

Jonathan Stapleton
clock 06 June 2025 • 3 min read
PLSA: What a decade of pension freedoms means for retirement

PLSA: What a decade of pension freedoms means for retirement

Ruari Grant says now is the time to make the best pensions access options available to all

Ruari Grant
clock 04 June 2025 • 4 min read
New decumulation solutions needed to meet the pension minister's challenge

New decumulation solutions needed to meet the pension minister's challenge

Philip Smith says decumulation option reform will help people to make the right choice

Philip Smith
clock 02 June 2025 • 3 min read
Trustpilot