Policy News Journal - 2014-15

Automatic enrolment thresholds 2015-16........................................................................ 366 CIPP and Armstrong Watson host a policy think tank on automatic enrolment ............... 367 Automatic enrolment: April update from TPR.................................................................. 367 General Pensions News ................................................................................................... 368 Scottish rate Income Tax - update on relief at source ..................................................... 368 Defined Ambition legislation expected in 2015................................................................ 369 Countdown to end of Contracting-out ............................................................................. 370 Pensions Industry Stakeholder Forum ............................................................................ 370 Budget 2014 changes - more guidance on pension flexibility.......................................... 371 Pensions flexibility and lump sums paid after 27 March .................................................. 371 Scheme Reconciliation Service for contracted-out pension schemes ............................. 372 Thousands more make contact with long lost pension funds .......................................... 373 Pension savings annual allowance calculators ............................................................... 373 DWP consultation on abolition of contracting out ............................................................ 374 HMRC Pensions Newsletter - number 62 ....................................................................... 374 State pension reforms receive royal assent .................................................................... 375 The Pensions Regulator outlines plans to Educate, Enable and Enforce ........................ 375 Pensions Industry Stakeholder Forum ............................................................................ 376 What are collective pension schemes? ........................................................................... 376 Pensions minister Steve Webb discusses the guidance guarantee................................. 377 Revised code of practice on defined benefit funding ....................................................... 378 More employers seeking pension advice for senior staff ................................................. 378 Pensions for fee-paid judicial office holders .................................................................... 379 Call for action to help pension schemes manage the DB transition................................. 379 Pensions Regulator finds more poor record keeping....................................................... 379 Official statistics on DC pensions savings....................................................................... 379 Review of occupational pension scheme benefits ........................................................... 379 Making sense of all the pensions changes...................................................................... 380 Stakeholder update from the Pensions Regulator ........................................................... 380 HMRC Pension Newsletter 63 ........................................................................................ 381 Annual report from the Pensions Ombudsman ............................................................... 381 Preparing for the end of contracting out .......................................................................... 381 Further HMRC guidance on pension flexibility ................................................................ 382 Transfers from Defined Benefit schemes and plans for impartial pension advice ............ 382 Pension scams – a lifetime's savings lost in a moment ................................................... 382 Draft legislation on changes to the annual pension allowance ........................................ 383 Government proposes pension passport system ............................................................ 383 HMRC Scheme Reconciliation Service ........................................................................... 384 Doubts about pension savers making free withdrawals from their retirement funds ........ 384 Residence certificates for pension schemes ................................................................... 385 Taxation of Pensions Bill: Draft legislation and guidance issued ..................................... 385 Pensions Regulator issues new guide to record keeping ................................................ 386 Pension scheme administrators: New requirements to be fit and proper persons ........... 387 Pension saving limits to be scrapped.............................................................................. 387 Will pension incomes in 40 years be as good as they are today? ................................... 388 Characteristics of people and households without a private pension .............................. 388 HMRC Pension Newsletter 65 ........................................................................................ 389 Reactions to pension changes........................................................................................ 389 Pension schemes guidance ............................................................................................ 389 Revised HMRC guidance for pension administrators and trustees.................................. 389 Guidance Guarantee consultation about to close............................................................ 390 Transition of pensions guidance to GOV.UK................................................................... 390 Occupational Pensions: official survey results ................................................................ 390 Personal pensions statistics............................................................................................ 391 55% tax on pension funds at death to be abolished ........................................................ 391 HMRC pensions news for scheme professionals ............................................................ 392 Pension Regulator autumn update.................................................................................. 393 Raising awareness of State Pension changes ................................................................ 393 Warnings to those planning to withdraw their pension funds........................................... 393

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