RPSM04105040 - Technical Pages: Taxation: Other tax charges: De-registration threshold - example

Example of the de-registration threshold

The ABC pension scheme makes two scheme chargeable payments of £14,000 and £10,000 on 1 June 2007 and 1 December 2007. No further payments were made before 1 June 2008.

On 1 June 2007 the fund value was £100,000 made up of assets with a market value of £80,000 and cash of £20,000.

On 1 December 2007 the fund value was £88,000

The percentage of the scheme fund used up by the £14,000 payment on 1 June 2007 is

(£14,000/£100,000) x 100 = 14%

The percentage of the scheme fund used up by the £10,000 payment on 1 December 2007 is

(£10,000/£88,000) x 100 = 11.36%

So the total percentage of scheme chargeable payments made in the 12 month period 1 June 2007 to 31 May 2008 is 25.36%.

The de-registration threshold has been exceeded. This means that there are grounds for HMRC to de-register the scheme.

Glossary ( RPSM20000000)