Reduced contracted-out rebate level is final salary 'stealth tax'

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Government has compounded the misery for final salary schemes by reducing the contracted-out rebate level, industry figures say.

The National Association of Pension Funds said the move - announced yesterday by the Department for Work and Pensions - represented a "stealth tax" on final salary scheme members and a further sque...

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