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Pensions News, Analysis & Comment July 2008   Winding-up: guidance from TPR, PPF and FAS on avoiding delays   04/07/2008   DWP confirms all SIPPs can hold Protected Rights   01/07/2008     June 2008   Pensions Bill: Government tables more amendments   30/06/2008   News on the FAS and other developments in pensions legislation   20/06/2008   Pensions Bill progress   17/06/2008   Government volte face on protected rights survivor benefit rule   09/06/2008       May 2008   Amendments to Pension Credit Benefit Regs and PPF rules   30/05/2008   Authorised Payments: new regs published   23/05/2008   PPF Solution to Equalising Benefits for GMPs   02/05/2008       April 2008   Isle Of Man passes major new pensions tax bill   29/04/2008   Authorised Payments: update on proposed new law   28/04/2008   New powers proposed for The Pensions Regulator   25/04/2008   New powers proposed for The Pensions Regulator   25/04/2008   New Transfer Values Regs   11/04/2008   Finance Bill 2008 and updating of RPSM   08/04/2008   Multi-employer schemes & Employer Debt Regs: TPR guidance   07/04/2008       March 2008   FAS: more regs to speed up payments   28/03/2008   Finance Bill 2008   27/03/2008   The Amended Provision of Information Regs   19/03/2008   More Pensions Regulations Laid   19/03/2008   Employer Debt Regs Laid   18/03/2008   Unauthorised payments: HMRC responds   15/03/2008   FAS moves up a gear: update on recent pensions legislation   11/03/2008       February 2008   Activity at The Pensions Regulator   29/02/2008   Local Government Pension Scheme – new regulations laid   20/02/2008   Present Before Parliament or Missing in Action?   19/02/2008   Amendments to Pensions Bill   12/02/2008   Unauthorised Payments   05/02/2008       January 2008   Pensions tax legislation: 2008 so far   24/01/2008   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter 32   04/01/2008       December 2007   DWP consults on minor adjustments to PPF legislation   31/12/2007   Pensions tax legislation: Christmas round-up   21/12/2007   The Financial Assistance Scheme: a last hurrah?   17/12/2007   Levy proposals for 2008/09   14/12/2007   Protected rights in SIPPs: draft regs published   12/12/2007   Another Pensions Bill   11/12/2007   RPSM guidance updated with Finance Act 2007 changes   05/12/2007   2007 Occupational Pensions Revaluation Order   04/12/2007       November 2007   Pension Scheme Services Customer Forum   09/11/2007   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter 31   07/11/2007   New rules for protected rights in SIPPs and personal pension projections   01/11/2007       October 2007   DWP and TPR move to resolve law on internal dispute resolution (IDR)   30/10/2007   Government response to DWP Deregulatory Review   23/10/2007   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter 30   15/10/2007   Pre-Budget Report- Simplification Aspects   10/10/2007   Pre-Budget Report   09/10/2007       September 2007   DWP: age discrimination and flexible retirement   28/09/2007   New guidance from TPR on Clearance   11/09/2007   Amendments to Transitional Protection   05/09/2007   Equal Treatment: Paternity Leave and Adoption Leave   05/09/2007       August 2007   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter 29   31/08/2007   DWP consults on more amendments to FAS Regs   30/08/2007   New DWP Pensions Legislation: Consultation Plan 2007/08   17/08/2007   Employer Debt Regs: DWP proposes amendments   11/08/2007   Pensions Act 2007 changes Basic State Pension rules   10/08/2007       July 2007   Finance Act 2007 receives Royal Assent   20/07/2007   FSD against Sea Containers Ltd: further delay   16/07/2007   Amendments laid to winding up regs   12/07/2007   Transfer Values: new draft regulations   06/07/2007   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter 28   02/07/2007       June 2007   HMRC Amends Provision of Information Regs   29/06/2007   Personal Accounts, Cross-Border Schemes & the IORP Directive   15/06/2007   New Discrimination Bill   12/06/2007   Protected rights simplification: DWP throws in the towel   09/06/2007   Transfers to Australia & other QROPS issues   07/06/2007       May 2007   Lump sum rule: Government amends Finance Bill to facilitate OMOs   22/05/2007   New legislation to speed winding up   11/05/2007   Defined Benefit Scheme Abandonment & Risks to Defined Contribution Members   11/05/2007   HMRC guidance on pensions legislation & the new tax regime   04/05/2007       April 2007   New amendments to Registered Pension Schemes Manual (RPSM)   27/04/2007   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletters 26 & 27   20/04/2007       March 2007   Finance Bill 2007   29/03/2007   Recent Pensions Legislation & Update for Practitioners   28/03/2007   Pension Protection Fund Update   28/03/2007   2007 Budget: Bad Moon for Pensions   21/03/2007   New Pensions Legislation   16/03/2007   Abolition of Protected Rights Rules   14/03/2007   DWP Simplification Plan   09/03/2007       February 2007   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No 25   28/02/2007   LTA test under BCE 3 on pre-A Day scheme pensions   23/02/2007   Payments made in error: new guidance from HMRC   23/02/2007   New secondary pensions legislation   23/02/2007   Deemed buy-back & update on the Pensions Bill   16/02/2007   News from the Pensions Regulator   12/02/2007   Employer contributions: "wholly and exclusively"   09/02/2007   2007 State Scheme Contributions, Benefits & GMP Increases   05/02/2007   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No 24   04/02/2007       January 2007   Protection of pensions on insolvency: ECJ rules on ASW case   25/01/2007   Transfer Values: Govt opts for scheme-specific calculation   19/01/2007   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No 23   17/01/2007   2006 Pre-Budget Report: HMRC Consultations   12/01/2007       2006   Pensions Simplification - Regs in Action   2006       December 2006   Financial Assistance Scheme: Amending Regs   22/12/2006   Pension Term Assurance: pipeline cases   19/12/2006   Pensions Simplification: more! more!   12/12/2006   ASPs' Last Gasp?   06/12/2006   Pensions & Age Discrimination: Final Guidance   05/12/2006   Latest HMRC Pensions Newsletters   01/12/2006       November 2006   Age Discrimination – Did you get all that?   29/11/2006   Pensions Bill published   29/11/2006   Pensions Legislation ... how are you coping?   24/11/2006   2006 Occupational Pensions Revaluation Order   24/11/2006   MNTs and Internal Controls Codes of Practice in force   24/11/2006   Age Discrimination and Pensions: Regs Laid   10/11/2006   Winding-up: DWP says two years is long enough   10/11/2006   Section 67: Code of Practice Laid   08/11/2006   DWP Response to White Paper & New Draft Amendment Regs   02/11/2006   Amendments to NIC Regs   02/11/2006   SMPIs: Actuarial Profession updates TM1   02/11/2006   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No 21   01/11/2006       October 2006   Amendments to PPF Administration & Ombudsman Levy Regs   27/10/2006   Recent developments on the pensions tax front   18/10/2006   Section 255: TPR updates guidance on life cover-only sections   17/10/2006   Age Discrimination: DWP consults on amendment regs   11/10/2006   Age Discrimination – Where are we now?   01/10/2006       September 2006   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No. 19   29/09/2006   Abolition of DC Contracting-out: any ideas?   14/09/2006   Age Discrimination: pensions aspects postponed   08/09/2006   Transfers to Overseas Schemes: QROPS   08/09/2006   Amendments to Enhanced Lifetime Allowance Regs   07/09/2006   RPSM - HMRC issues major update   01/09/2006       July / August 2006   Pensions Act: Commencement No. 10 Order   31/08/2006   Inheritance Tax & USP / ASP   23/08/2006   Security of pensions: recent developments   17/08/2006   Tax Simplification Newsletter No. 17 & New Regs   17/08/2006   DWP drops draft disclosure regs   15/08/2006   Two More Codes of Practice Laid Before Parliament   24/07/2006   Finance Act 2006   18/07/2006   Transfer Values, etc: update on DWP consultations   09/07/2006       May / June 2006   Lump sum death benefits: Regulator offers clarification of s.255   30/06/2006   Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No 16   30/06/2006   Pensions legislation: a roundup of recent developments   25/06/2006   Pensions Simplification Newsletter No. 14   02/06/2006   Serious ill health: green light for commutation of GMPs   19/05/2006   Authorised surplus payments: RPSM guidance on taxation   12/05/2006   Scheme funding: TPR issues statement on trigger points   08/05/2006       April 2006   Post-A day: Pensions Simplification Newsletter 13   28/04/2006   Residential property update   10/04/2006   The dying days of discretion   06/04/2006       March 2006   Pensions simplification: new legislation   31/03/2006   DWP Payments to Employer Regs   29/03/2006   Changes to cross-border regs   29/03/2006   Pensions simplification and residential property   24/03/2006   Recycling, Inheritance Tax and Pensions Simplification   22/03/2006   DWP Modification of Schemes Regs   22/03/2006   HMRC in sprint finish for A-Day   17/03/2006   Member-nominated Trustee Regs   16/03/2006   Finance Bill 2006: draft pensions legislation   16/03/2006   Matters of tax   15/03/2006   Pension Protection Fund: latest developments   15/03/2006   Pensions Simplification: sixth tranche of regs laid   14/03/2006   Protection of A-Day Pension Rights   13/03/2006   Pensions Act: Update on Latest Developments   10/03/2006   Finance Bill 2006: what’s in it for pensions?   07/03/2006   Pensions Simplification: GAD Drawdown Tables and Draft Regs   06/03/2006   2006 Lower Earnings Threshold, S.148 and C/O Rebate Orders   03/03/2006   Regulator Guidance on Cross-border Activities and Secondment   03/03/2006   Five weeks to A-Day: HMRC cracks the whip   01/03/2006       February 2006   PPF Finalises Risk-Based Levy Rules   28/02/2006   Life Cover only under DB: Pensions Act s.255   24/02/2006   Regulator issues Scheme Funding Code of Practice   21/02/2006   Scheme Modification Rules Laid   18/02/2006   Commutation of Protected Rights: Legislation Delayed   17/02/2006   A-Day: HMRC New Guidance on FAQs Page   13/02/2006   Pensions A-Day: HMRC Forum   10/02/2006   Recycling of Pension Lump Sums   08/02/2006   Finance Act 2004: HMRC Lays Third Tranche of Regulations   06/02/2006   A-Day Pension Developments   03/02/2006       January 2006   More Pensions Simplification Regs Laid   29/01/2006   Internal Dispute Resolution   17/01/2006   Pensions Act: Update on DWP Regulations   14/01/2006   Pensions Simplification: Newsletter No. 8   14/01/2006       Analysis & Comment Archive 2000 - 2005 -- From December 2005 -- Pensions Simplification: 11 SIs New Scheme Investment, Cross-Border Activities Regs Brown Punctures SIPP Residential Property Bubble -- From November 2005 -- Pensions Simplification: Aries Expands A-Day System Pensions Tax Simplification HMRC Pensions A-Day Guidance Pensions Revaluation Order Laid A-Day Workshops: HMRC Slides Regulator Cross-Border Schemes HMRC Postpones Mandatory Online Filing DWP launches new PPF Regs Condoc HMRC Consults on New Drawdown Limits HMRC Alert to RAC Providers -- From October 2005 -- Tax Simplification Newsletter Scheme funding condoc Regulator DWP delivers Bulk Transfer Regs RPSM technical pages pdf format HMRC simplification SIs HMRC issues pdf version of RPSM Risk-Based Levy Modifications New Funding Regs Delayed Again -- From September 2005 -- Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No. 4 GAD Disappoints on C/O Rebate Proposals RPSM Guidance: Six New Chapters Published DWP Consultation on New OPS Disclosure Regs Pensions Act 2004 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2005 Trustee e-learning from The Pensions Regulator Scheme Administration Audited Accounts Regs Scheme Funding: MFR Replacement Delayed -- From August 2005 -- Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No. 3 More Pensions Tax Regs Drafted New DWP Regulations Cross-border Activities DWP Regs New RPSM Guidance DWP Civil Partnership Regs -- From July 2005 -- Pensions Tax Simplification Newsletter No. 2 Preston: New Equal Treatment Regs Pensions Tax Simplification IHT Condoc DWP Consults on Draft MNT Regs PPF Risk Based Levy Proposals Published Draft Code of Practice MNT & Modification of Subsisting Rights Pensions Act 2004: Commencement Order No. 6 Employers Free to Promote GPP or Stakeholder Schemes Notifiable Events: Code of Practice in Force -- From June 2005 -- Very Early Leavers: DWP Regs New A-Day Calculations Suite from Aries Pensions Act Tax Simplification Pensions & Civil Partnership Act: Draft Regs Pensions Act 2004 – Latest Developments New Tax Regime: Revenue Guidance -- From May 2005 -- Second 2005 Finance Bill Pensions Act 2004 Regs & Codes TPR Consults on Three New Codes of Practice -- From April 2005 -- Tax Simplification - Draft HMRC Forms PPF Guidance to Actuaries on Valuations Pensions Act: Progress Report Finance Act 2005 What kind of pension scheme? Pension Liberation Revenue Consults on PPF Tax Regs Finance (No. 2) Bill TPR Codes of Practice: Reporting Breaches & Notifiable Events Financial Assistance Scheme: DWP Issues Draft Regs Notifiable Events & 'Moral Hazard' Regs New Winding-up Regs: Deemed Buy-back & Employer Debt -- From March 2005 -- Pensions Updates Nos 150 - 153 New Independent Trustee Regs Laid PPF Issues Guidance for Trustees DWP takes over Pension Tracing Service from Opra Finance Bill 2005 Published DWP: Funding; Investment; Trustee Knowledge; & Civil Partnerships LPI, Levies, PPF Entry Rules and Other Regs Laid More PPF and Pensions Regulator Regs 2005 Budget and Pensions More Pensions Act Regs Laid Today's New DWP Regs State Pension Deferral Update on Pensions Act Regs Finance Act 2004 Regs: Revenue Issues New Draft The Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) PPF & Multi-employer Schemes: Regs Laid DWP Defines "Notifiable Events" in Draft Regs -- From February 2005 -- Pensions Act 2004: Second Commencement Order 50-Member Rule Dropped Pensions Act 2004: Explanatory Notes Protected Rights in COMPS What Trustees Will Need to Know 2005 Low Earnings Threshold & S.148 Orders Amendments to PPF Legislation Deemed Buyback: DWP Updates Regulations Draft PPF Regs SMPI: New Version of TM1 -- From January 2005 -- DWP Consultations on Pensions Act New Winding-up Regs New Independent Trustee Regs Pensions Act Part I: Draft Regs -- From Nov / Dec 2004 -- First Pensions Act Commencement Order Avoiding Pensions Liabilities DWP Consultations on Pensions Act Requirements Indexation after the 2004 Pensions Act Earnings Cap 2005/06 Simplification: Industry-wide Working Group Pensions Act 2004 Published First fruit Pensions Act 2004 MFR Transitional Period Extended 2004 OPS Revaluation Order Laid Pensions Bill Endgame Stakeholder Pensions: Sandler or Bust -- From Sept / Oct 2004 -- New Version of Pensions Bill Pensions Bill Commencement Dates Pensions Commission Report Revenue Relaxes Overseas Secondment GMPs: never say die Pensions Bill Commencement Dates Pension Scheme Wind-up: DWP MFR: further extension by DWP -- From Jul / Aug 2004 -- The Financial Assistance Scheme Pensions Bill Progress Report Finance Act Consultation Trustee Training News Finance Bill gets Royal Assent Update on Finance Bill Commons -- From May/Jun 2004 -- Aries Expands to Channel Islands