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Pension tax relief limits

Yeatses Rave · 2022-10-09 21:48:36

Hi I fall in the 20 per cent (30-40) bracket for tax relief on pension contributions. My employer contributes 10 per cent & the standard employee contribution is 4 per cent as part of the scheme. I'd like to clarify whether that leaves me with an additional 6 or 16 per cent that I can put towards AVCs i.e. Are employee…

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Yeatses Rave

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Hi I fall in the 20 per cent (30-40) bracket for tax relief on pension contributions. My employer contributes 10 per cent & the standard employee contribution is 4 per cent as part of the scheme. I'd like to clarify whether that leaves me with an additional 6 or 16 per cent that I can put towards AVCs i.e. Are employee contributions factored in the percentage limits or treated separately? Thanks

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Henry Ford III

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16% I believe. Employers contributions are ignored for this calculation.

p.s. You could double check with your scheme admin.

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