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AS2012: Personal tax round-up

Income tax, the personal allowance and maximum pension contributions were all adjusted in the Autumn Statement

05 Dec 2012

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Pickfords sold in pre-pack to offload pension liabilities

BDO administrators sell Pickfords to management to offload its defined benefit pension

05 Dec 2012

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Osborne should leave pensions alone, say readers

Readers vote strongly against proposals to drop the pension threshold from £50,000

04 Dec 2012

Osborne told to keep hands off pension tax

NAPF warns against cutting the maximum amount of annual pension contribution that is exempt from tax

03 Dec 2012

Court of Appeal to scrutinise Lehman FSD

Lehman Brothers companies fighting to be excluded from Pension Regulator’s financial support direction

03 Dec 2012

Osborne may cut pension tax relief threshold

The maximum tax-free pension contribution could drop from £50,000 to £40,000

20 Nov 2012

FRC amends actuarial standards to include pension incentive exercises

FRC changes scope to address concerns that members of defined benefit schemes may be misled by financial incentives

15 Nov 2012

Inflation expectations push up DB pension liabilities

Increase in long-term inflation expectations pushes up FTSE 350 defined benefit liabilities by about 3%, says Mercer

06 Nov 2012

FDs say pension scheme deficits hamper investment

Most finance directors say scheme deficits are hampering their business investments, research from ICAEW shows

06 Nov 2012

HMRC fixed income protection guidance changes welcomed

Industry calls for changes to auto-enrolment rules to protect employees who opt out

31 Oct 2012

IBM loses pension case in High Court worth £100m

IBM has lost a rectification case in the High Court which will cost the computing giant £100m

16 Oct 2012

Pensions regulator softens line on contributions

The Pensions Regulator has softened its approach to companies that cut back on contributions

11 Oct 2012

A ‘victory’, ‘revolution’, ‘new dawn’: Auto-enrolment is here

Pensions industry welcomes government’s ‘savings revolution’ as auto-enrolment begins with its first staging date

01 Oct 2012

EC intervention swings VAT case against pensions

Surprising intervention by European Commission makes it unlikely pension funds will be successful in VAT exemption case, experts argue

20 Sep 2012

David Cameron intervenes to halt state pension reform

State pension reform on the rocks after David Cameron raises concerns it would alienate elderly voters

19 Sep 2012

Plan Sponsors face grim IAS19 profit and loss pension costs

Stubbornly high deficits couple with changes to IAS19 standards

14 Sep 2012

Ombudsman ruling forces PPF to clarify asset guidance

The Pension Protection Fund to clarify the way schemes value property as a contingent asset, in the wake of an ombudsman ruling against it

07 Sep 2012

Changes demanded to PPF levy structure

Majority back calls for the Pension Protection Fund levy formula to be adapted to limit next year’s rise

29 Aug 2012

Baker Tilly to check pensions scheme administrators

The Pensions Administration Standards Association selects Baker Tilly to manage applications from scheme administrators for accreditation

20 Aug 2012

KPMG administrators appointed to Dawson International

KPMG administrators have been appointed to cashmere manufacturer after the Pension Protection Fund rejected a deal

16 Aug 2012

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After seeing a 70% rise in demand, Calum Fuller visited the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association to learn more about its efforts to provide support

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The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

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