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Threat to lifetime allowance protection on scheme buy-out

24 January 2021

A flaw in rules could lead to the loss of lifetime allowance protection on scheme buy-out. Charlene Young, senior technical consultant at AJ Bell explains According to recent correspondence, HMRC has taken the view that pension scheme buy-outs do not constitute “permitted transfers”. This has important implications for a small number of clients whose...