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ARCHIVED This archived Practice Note summarises the reforms introduced by the Finance Act 2004 on A-day (6 April 2006) and the principal features of the post A-day pensions tax regime. It is not maintained. For details of the current pensions tax position, see Practice Note: Tax treatment of pensions—an introduction... Changes made on A-day Registration The present pensions tax regime commenced on A-day. Prior to A-day, pension schemes needed to be treated as ‘exempt approved’ by the Inland Revenue (now HMRC) to obtain favourable tax treatment. From A-day onwards, this was replaced with a requirement for both occupational and personal pension schemes to be registered with HMRC. For further details, see Practice Note: Registration of pension schemes. Schemes that held exempt approved status before A-day were registered automatically on A-day, unless the scheme administrator chose not to register. For information on the pre A-day regime, see Practice Note: The pre A-day pensions tax regime [Archived]... Removal of Inland Revenue limits and the earnings cap ...

This Practice Note reviews how case law has progressively defined the scope of circumstances in which trustees of a trust, including those operating an occupational pension scheme, may have documents they previously executed set aside where some form of mistake undermined their execution of the instrument. While the discussion concentrates on the principles in a pension scheme context, a number of the authorities arise from the practice of employing trust structures to avoid or save tax. In place of setting aside a document on the basis of mistake, it may in some cases be possible to correct the error retrospectively through the equitable remedy of rectification. For further information on rectification, see Practice Notes: Amending mistakes and rectification in pensions and Rectification—the key cases for pension lawyers. Hastings-Bass The facts The case of Hastings-Bass v Inland Revenue Commissioners arose when the trustees of a trust settlement used a power of advancement under that trust to pass some funds from that trust to another trust (the Transfer). Their objective...

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note outlines the pensions tax framework and the former Inland Revenue ceilings that applied prior to 6 April 2006 (A-day), and which may, in part, still remain pertinent. It is not kept up to date. The pensions tax system established by the Finance Act 2004 took effect on 6 April 2006, also called A-day. The pre A-day rules can still matter for schemes, many of which have preserved some or all of the restrictions that existed under the earlier system. This Practice Note concentrates on the tax regime that operated before A-day...