RPSM12301080 - Scheme Administrator Pages: Information requirements and administration: Information the scheme administrator is required to provide to HMRC: The Event Report: Event numbers 8 - 9
Reportable fund movements: events 8 to 9
[Reg. 3 The Registered Pension Schemes (Provision of Information) Regulations 2006 - SI 2006/567]
Reportable event 8: Pension commencement lump sum with primary/enhanced protection
Reportable event 8A: Stand-alone lump sums
Reportable event 9: Transfers to qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes
Reportable event 8: Pension commencement lump sum with primary/enhanced protection
This event occurs when the scheme pays a pension commencement lump sum to a member, and the lump sum is only an authorised payment because the member has either
- protection of lump sum of more than £375,000 with primary protection (see RPSM03105135), or
- protection of lump sum of more than £375,000 with enhanced protection (see RPSM03105185).
If the amount of the pension commencement lump sum is not more than the standard permitted maximum amount (see RPSM09104220) it does not need to be reported.
Where a lump sum payment is made before the pension the scheme administrator will not initially know if the payment is a pension commencement lump sum, i.e. if it is paid in the allowable period of up to 6 months before the connected pension crystallises. The pension commencement lump sum crystallises (the member becomes entitled to it) immediately before the connected pension. So the tax year in which the pension commencement lump sum is paid may be different from the tax year in which it crystallises. Where this happens, the test for whether or not the lump sum is reportable is made using the standard lifetime allowance for the tax year in which the pension commencement lump sum is paid.
Example
Fiona has enhanced protection and a protected lump sum of 20%. In June 2008 she receives a pension commencement lump sum of £300,000 and a scheme pension with a crystallised value of £1.2 million.
The maximum amount for a pension commencement lump sum in these circumstances if Fiona did not have protection would be £375,000. The £300,000 lump sum is not reportable as it is not more than the standard permitted maximum for a pension commencement lump sum.
In March 2013 Fiona is paid a £200,000 pension commencement lump sum. On 5 May 2013 she crystallises £800,000 as a lifetime annuity. This lump sum is reportable in the 2011-12 event report as a reportable event 8 because
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- The lump sum was paid in 2012-13 (although the BCE for lump sum occurs on 5 May 2013 - in 2013-14), and
- The £200,000 lump sum is more than the permitted maximum for a non protected pension commencement lump sum (which would be £0). This lump sum is only an authorised payment because Fiona has enhanced protection with protection of lump sum rights of more than £375,000.
The £200,000 pension commencement lump sum and £800,000 lifetime annuity both crystallise in 2013-14 when the standard lifetime allowance is £1.5 million. The £1.5 million Fiona crystallised in 2008-09 used up 100% of the standard lifetime allowance. This means that both BCE 6 for the pension commencement lump sum and the BCE 4 for the lifetime annuity are more than the standard lifetime allowance. These must be reported on the event report for 2013-14 as a reportable event 6.
The information to be provided on the event report for reportable event 8 is
- the name of the member,
- their National Insurance number (see RPSM12301050 if the scheme administrator does not have the NINO),
- the amount of the payment,
- the date of payment, and
- the reference number of the protection certificate issued by HMRC - see RPSM03100530.
Reportable event 8A: Stand-alone lump sums
Event number 8A relates to the payment of stand-alone lump sums. The event occurs when the stand-alone sum paid to the member who either
- had lump sum rights of more than £375,000 on 5 April 2006 and either primary protection (see RPSM03105135 and RPSM03105155) or enhanced protection (see RPSM03105185 and RPSM03105202),
or,
- had scheme specific lump sum protection (see RPSM03105500 and RPSM03105640) and that lump sum is greater than 7.5% of the standard lifetime allowance for the year in which the lump sum is paid.
How you report the event on Pension Schemes Online depends on how the member qualifies for a stand-alone lump sum. Pension Schemes Online uses the same screens for reportable event 8A as for reportable events 7 and 8.
If the event is reportable under the first bullet point then use the question for reportable event 8.
If the stand-alone lump sum is reportable under the second bullet point use the question for reportable event 7.
The information that must be provided on the event report for reportable event 8A is
- the name of the member
- their National Insurance number (see RPSM12301050 if the scheme administrator does not have the NINO)
- the amount of the payment
- the date of payment and
- where the lump sum is a stand-alone lump sum because the member has enhanced or primary protection with protection of lump sum rights of more than £375,000, the reference number of the protection certificate issued by HMRC.
Event 8A is reported on Pensions Schemes Online using the questions for events 7 and 8 for pension commencement lump sums. These screens have a validation rule that requires an amount to be entered for a pension crystallisation, and £0 is not accepted. To be able to submit a report for a stand-alone lump sum you should enter £99 into the field that asks for the amount of pension crystallised.
Reportable event 9: Transfers to qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes
Reportable event 9 occurs when the scheme makes a recognised transfer to a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme.
The required information you need to report for event 9 is
- the name of the member,
- the country or territory in which the member’s address is situated,
- their National Insurance number (see RPSM12301050 if the scheme administrator does not have the NINO),
- the amount of the sums or assets transferred,
- the date of the transfer,
- the name of the qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme ,and
- the country or territory under the law of which that scheme is established and regulated.
Where the transfer was requested before 6 April 2012 this information should be included on the standard event report. Where the member requested the transfer on or after 6 April 2012 the scheme administrator should report the transfer using form APSS 262 - transfer of UK tax-relieved assets - within 60 days of the transfer.
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