HMRC repays nearly £57m in overpaid pensions tax in Q2 2024

Analysis finds savers have reclaimed almost £1.3bn since introduction of pension freedoms

Martin Richmond
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HMRC repays nearly £57m in overpaid pensions tax in Q2 2024

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) repaid nearly £57m in overpaid pensions tax in the three months from April to June this year, newly published figures have shown.

In its August pension schemes newsletter, published today (7 August), HMRC said it had repaid £56,925,219 to savers in the period from 1 April to 30 June, which represented a nearly £15m increase f...

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