HMRC

The legality of controversial pension unlocking services will be determined this week when the issue returns to the High Court.

Andrew Meeson, the president of the Association of Tax Technicians, has stepped down from his post after being charged in relation to a £5m pension tax fraud.

In last week's Pensions Buzz (PP, 20 October) one of your respondents asked: "When have you ever known HMRC to be either flexible or fair?"

Asset-backed pension scheme contributions could exceed £10bn in the next five years, latest research finds.

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.