Late calls to ringfence pensions from Budget tax raid
Personal Tax

Late calls to ringfence pensions from Budget tax raid

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Late calls to ringfence pensions from Budget tax r...

Government set to lower lifetime allowance on pensions, despite calls to leave them untouched Read More...

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Taking Stock: Taxing times for Clapham Omnibus
Corporate Tax

Taking Stock: Taxing times for Clapham Omnibus

10y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Taxing times for Clapham Omnibus

Where has the man from the Clapham Omnibus got off? TS muses... Read More...

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Labour confirms pension tax relief cut to fund jobs will be in 2015 manifesto
Personal Tax

Labour confirms pension tax relief cut to fund jobs will be in 2015 manifes...

10y Rachel Dalton

Labour confirms pension tax relief cut to fund job...

Labour to restrict higher-rate pensions tax relief for at least five years, if elected Read More...

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John Lewis DB scheme deficit hits £1bn
Company News

John Lewis DB scheme deficit hits £1bn

10y Rachel Dalton

John Lewis DB scheme deficit hits £1bn

John Lewis Partnership's defined benefit pension scheme’s total accounting deficit hits £1bn results show Read More...

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HMRC loses pensions contributions Supreme Court tax case
Personal Tax

HMRC loses pensions contributions Supreme Court tax case

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC loses pensions contributions Supreme Court ta...

Employers' pensions contributions are not earnings for tax purposes, the Supreme Court finds Read More...

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OFT recruits board to oversee DC pension audit
Company News

OFT recruits board to oversee DC pension audit

10y Naomi Rainey

OFT recruits board to oversee DC pension audit

OFT appoints board which will oversee the audit of defined contribution legacy pension schemes Read More...

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ICAEW’s £200m scheme completes medically underwritten buy-in
Accounting Standards

ICAEW’s £200m scheme completes medically underwritten buy-in

10y Jack Jones

ICAEW’s £200m scheme completes medically underwrit...

Institute's pension fund underwritten after info received through telephone interviews Read More...

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HMRC changes VAT rules for DB sponsor employers
Corporate Tax

HMRC changes VAT rules for DB sponsor employers

10y Naomi Rainey

HMRC changes VAT rules for DB sponsor employers

HMRC amends VAT rules to allow defined benefit pension sponsors to reclaim tax Read More...

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FTSE 350 pension scheme accounting deficits increase by £25bn
Accounting Standards

FTSE 350 pension scheme accounting deficits increase by £25bn

10y Richard Crump , Writer

FTSE 350 pension scheme accounting deficits increa...

Estimated aggregate IAS19 deficit for the defined benefit schemes of FTSE 350 companies stood at £97bn at 31 December 2013 Read More...

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DWP proposes relaxation of audit rules for master trusts
Audit

DWP proposes relaxation of audit rules for master trusts

10y Rachel Dalton

DWP proposes relaxation of audit rules for master ...

Consultation launched to exempt collective pension trusts from certain audit rules Read More...

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Advertisement Feature: The Stress-Free Way to Prepare For Auto Enrolment
Business Regulation

Advertisement Feature: The Stress-Free Way to Prepare For Auto Enrolment

10y Accountancy Age

Advertisement Feature: The Stress-Free Way to Prep...

Auto Enrolment (AE) promises to be one of the most complicated pieces of legislation small and medium sized businesses have ever encountered. Many vie...

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Advertisement feature: Automatic enrolment - a new business opportunity for accountants
Business Regulation

Advertisement feature: Automatic enrolment - a new business opportunity for...

10y NEST | Sponsored

Advertisement feature: Automatic enrolment - a new...

The introduction of automatic enrolment has revolutionised the way workers in the UK will save for retirement. But it's also opened up new opportuniti...

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Pensions accounting in need of an overhaul, say readers
Accounting Standards

Pensions accounting in need of an overhaul, say readers

11y Accountancy Age

Pensions accounting in need of an overhaul, say re...

Pensions accounting is in need of substantial change according to Accountancy Age readers Read More...

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HMRC toughens up scheme registration to tackle liberation fraud
Company News

HMRC toughens up scheme registration to tackle liberation fraud

11y Rachel Dalton

HMRC toughens up scheme registration to tackle lib...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has made its scheme registration process more stringent in an attempt to prevent pension liberation fraud. Read More...

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Firms expected to review pensions accounting following WHSmith ruling
Accounting Standards

Firms expected to review pensions accounting following WHSmith ruling

11y Rachael Singh

Firms expected to review pensions accounting follo...

FRC investigation into WHSmith accounts could see advisers and clients review pension liabilities on financial statements Read More...

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FTSE 250 FD bemoans auto-enrolment regime
People Business

FTSE 250 FD bemoans auto-enrolment regime

11y Accountancy Age

FTSE 250 FD bemoans auto-enrolment regime

Interserve’s Tim Haywood claims the government has thrown the cost and complexity of auto-enrolment back at business Read More...

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Average directors’ pension pot increases to £4.73m
Company News

Average directors’ pension pot increases to £4.73m

11y Hannah Uttley

Average directors’ pension pot increases to £4.73m

FTSE 100 directors' pension pot is worth 25 times the average employee occupational pension Read More...

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Provider warns on HMRC’s ‘sharpened’ SSAS focus
Administration

Provider warns on HMRC’s ‘sharpened’ SSAS focus

11y Accountancy Age

Provider warns on HMRC’s ‘sharpened’ SSAS focus

It should be mandatory for small self-administered pension schemes to have a professional trustee to avoid damaging tax charges, a provider has said R...

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RSM Tenon’s outstanding DC contributions paid
Accounting Firms

RSM Tenon’s outstanding DC contributions paid

11y Taha Lokhandwala

RSM Tenon’s outstanding DC contributions paid

Baker Tilly confirms that an apparent missing employer contribution to RSM Tenon’s defined contribution scheme was paid in July 2012 Read More...

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RSM Tenon administration leaves £600K DC contribution shortfall
Accounting Firms

RSM Tenon administration leaves £600K DC contribution shortfall

11y Taha Lokhandwala

RSM Tenon administration leaves £600K DC contribut...

RSM Tenon potentially face £600k pension shortfall following insolvency Read More...

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PPF takes on BDP scheme to stave off insolvency
Company News

PPF takes on BDP scheme to stave off insolvency

11y Jack Jones

PPF takes on BDP scheme to stave off insolvency

Pension Protection Fund takes on pension scheme of architectural business BDP which will save the company from administration Read More...

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Mazars London managing partner faces pensions tribunal
Accounting Firms

Mazars London managing partner faces pensions tribunal

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Mazars London managing partner faces pensions trib...

FRC's executive counsel calls on Mazars and London managing partner to face tribunal over advice to First Quench pension trustees Read More...

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Administrations freed from pension liability chains
Business Recovery

Administrations freed from pension liability chains

11y Accountancy Age

Administrations freed from pension liability chain...

Pension liabilities have been downgraded to unsecured creditor status which has freed the funds to allow a bigger payout to the many in administration...

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NEST Corporation accounts qualified after £1.4m fraud
Corporate Governance

NEST Corporation accounts qualified after £1.4m fraud

11y Taha Lokhandwala

NEST Corporation accounts qualified after £1.4m fr...

The trustee body that runs the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), has been defrauded out of more than £1.4m, and has had its accounts qualified...

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No more magic wand on pension advice
Company News

No more magic wand on pension advice

11y Accountancy Age

No more magic wand on pension advice

Supreme Court ruling limits power of court to “void” actions by trustees based on pension advice which suffer unintended consequences explains Stuart ...

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PPI proposes 30% single rate tax relief to boost saving
Personal Tax

PPI proposes 30% single rate tax relief to boost saving

11y Natasha Browne

PPI proposes 30% single rate tax relief to boost s...

Pensions Policy Institute suggests a single rate tax relief of 30% would encourage saving for retirement Read More...

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DB pensions set for change under FRS 102
Accounting Standards

DB pensions set for change under FRS 102

11y Simon Taylor

DB pensions set for change under FRS 102

UK companies should prepare for a new regime for defined benefit schemes under FRS 102, writes Simon Taylor Read More...

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