HMRC

Employers will accidentally bring their auto-enrolment staging date forward if they fail to separate current scheme members in receipt of benefits out of the company payroll, a legal expert warns.

The tone of industry regulators is "aggressive and confrontational" rather than being collegiate with the industry, a lawyer says.

This month the panellists discuss considerations regarding scheme pays facilities.

A bogus financial adviser who fraudulently manipulated his "clients'" pension funds to avoid paying tax of over £1.9m has been jailed at Hull Crown Court for three years.

HMRC and the Wheels Common Investment Fund have agreed and submitted questions to the European Court of Justice ahead of its ruling over whether defined benefit funds should be exempt from VAT.

Pension schemes are being urged to ensure their fund managers have put in protective claims with HMRC for the recovery of VAT potentially "erroneously" overcharged over the last four years.

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed when employers must pay pension contributions for workers on maternity leave after confusion over the law.

The conclusion of HM Revenue & Customs' consultation on tax-relief for asset-backed contributions will bring welcome clarity and make such arrangements accessible for smaller schemes, says PwC.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs last night published the application for fixed protection for the new lifetime allowance on pension contributions.

Panellists discuss the preparations schemes are making ahead of the introduction of auto-enrolment and whether bundled schemes are unsuitable for this