RPSM04105050 - Technical Pages: Taxation: Other tax charges: What HMRC does when it de-registers a scheme

What HMRC will do when it de-registers a scheme

[s157(2) to (4)

HMRC will notify the scheme administrator that it has de-registered the scheme, telling them the date on and after which the scheme will not be a registered pension scheme.

If there is no scheme administrator, the notification will instead go to any person(s) who has responsibility for the discharge of any obligation relating to the pension scheme and whom it is reasonably practicable for HMRC to identify.

An obligation relating to the scheme means an obligation to meet a liability under Part 4 of Finance Act 2004 that was otherwise a liability of the scheme administrator.

HMRC will also notify the Pensions Regulator that the scheme has been de-registered.

Glossary ( RPSM20000000)