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The Government believes that few individuals will incur tax charges as a result of exceeding the annual allowance for tax-privileged pension saving, said Mark Hoban, Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

The Government believes that few individuals will incur tax charges as a result of exceeding the annual allowance for tax-privileged pension saving, said Mark Hoban, Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

But it recognises that large charges could occur ‘in some exceptional cases’, typically of long-serving individuals in defined benefit schemes.

‘These charges reflect a significant uplift in pension value in a given year, Hoban said. A new discussion document will consider ‘options to meet high annual allowances charges’, and draft clauses on the chosen approach will be published by February 2011.
 

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