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Do employees really need to be concerned about the Lifetime Allowance right now?

Employee Benefits

Also, many employees in defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are unaware that their pension is valued at twenty times their annual pension for LTA purposes, and so an annual pension of £30,000 has a value of £600,000 for the purpose of testing it against the LTA.

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What employees need to know to reduce the impact of the LTA

Employee Benefits

As announced in April’s Budget, the Lifetime Allowance (LTA) will be frozen at its current level of £1,073,100 until April 2026. million pension savers [1] are set to reach the limit and will be hit with a tax charge of 55% in retirement. Assumes growth rate of 5% and excludes charges on the pension plans.

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