RPSM05400150 - Employer Pages: Contributions and tax relief: Payments to employers: Unauthorised employer payments

Unauthorised employer payments

What is an unauthorised employer payment?

An unauthorised employer payment is

  1. a payment by a registered pension scheme that is an occupational pension scheme, to or in respect of a sponsoring employer, which is not authorised by section 175, and
  2. anything which is to be treated as an unauthorised payment to a sponsoring employer under section 181(value shifting).

See RPSM04104050 for further details.

How are unauthorised employer payments taxed?

Unauthorised employer payments can generate up to three tax charges - see RPSM04104020 for further details.

Glossary ( RPSM20000000)