October 20, 20232 yr Next month I get the UK state pension,.which when added to my uk company pension, will take me over the £12,750 threshold at which I have to pay income tax. Anyone know if I have to do anything, or will it get taken automatically. All the info is there on the Government gateway thing. Ie. both pension amounts.
October 20, 20232 yr Don't worry HMRC will take its pound and a half of flesh without you having to do anything. Your state pensions will remain tax free of course, they will simply skim off your company pension.
October 20, 20232 yr Log into your gateway account check the amounts are correct check your tax code, you should not need to do anything(as both pensions are taxed via paye), if the amounts shown are wrong you can amend them online.
October 20, 20232 yr Popular Post 57 minutes ago, KannikaP said: It is £12570. You will have to submit a Sef Assessment return. It is called Self. And i don't think he will.
October 20, 20232 yr 44 minutes ago, howerde said: Log into your gateway account check the amounts are correct check your tax code, you should not need to do anything(as both pensions are taxed via paye), if the amounts shown are wrong you can amend them online. Usually the state pension is paid gross but taxable via an adjusted tax code on the private pension.
October 20, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, noobexpat said: It is called Self. And i don't think he will. H "may" have to, we don't know. https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/who-must-send-a-tax-return#:~:text=who has died-,Who must send a tax return,partner in a business partnership
October 20, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Mike Lister said: H "may" have to, we don't know. https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/who-must-send-a-tax-return#:~:text=who has died-,Who must send a tax return,partner in a business partnership I don't think it will rain today. It may rain today. You see the difference? one is an opinion.
October 20, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, noobexpat said: It is called Self. And i don't think he will. 1 hour ago, KannikaP said: It is £12570. You will have to submit a Sef Assessment return. Sorry for the typo........SELF.
October 20, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, Mike Lister said: Dear God, is there no end to this nonsense! Then don't incorrectly try to correct.
October 20, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, noobexpat said: I don't think it will rain today. It may rain today. You see the difference? one is an opinion. Yes, thank you for the clarification.
October 20, 20232 yr Just now, KannikaP said: Yes, thank you for the clarification. No probs, but that one wasn't aimed at you.
October 20, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, noobexpat said: Usually the state pension is paid gross but taxable via an adjusted tax code on the private pension. Correct
October 20, 20232 yr Out of interest because more than a few on all media seem to think State Pension is tax free Its not It forms part of "income" which when it exceeds the annual tax allowance (and is outside of tax wrappers) is very much taxable HMRC have plenty of experience over collection lol
October 20, 20232 yr Just check your State Pension is shown on your Govt. Gateway account. They will then collect tax by adjusting your code. You will only have to file a self-assessment if you have non-pension income above the allowable thresholds.
October 21, 20232 yr HMRC will tax you on the basis of an assumed income, they’ll issue you a new tax code. You can call then or write them to get this corrected. Up to you whether or not you tell them you are in Thailand, those wishing to receive their annual cost of living increases usually don’t share that piece of information.
October 21, 20232 yr HMRC assume that you get the annual increases in the State Retirement Pension even if the DWP know that you are living in Thailand and don't pay the increases. You have to check your tax assessment carefully every year. There was a thread about this not so long ago, a few people discovered that they had been overpaying tax for years. Joined-up government it isn't.
October 21, 20232 yr Author Thanks for all the replies.Guess I will wait and see if they take any tax off my company pension next month.Should be about £50.Hopefully they will realise I am living in Thailand and don't get an increase in state pension.My thai address is on the Gatekeeper website.
October 21, 20232 yr On 10/20/2023 at 2:20 PM, dick turpin said: Don't worry HMRC will take its pound and a half of flesh without you having to do anything. Your state pensions will remain tax free of course, they will simply skim off your company pension. Exactly right
October 21, 20232 yr My Thai address is on the Gateway website too. But every year HMRC award me that year's increase on my pension and tax me accordingly. Of course I don't get the pension increase, only the tax increase and then they mess me about for months as I try to get them to understand.
October 21, 20232 yr Not all things to do UK tax are bad, last year I received a letter to my Thai address with a cheque for a tax refund that I wasn't expecting , I sent the cheque to family & had it paid into my UK bank account
October 21, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, sunchaser said: Hopefully they will realise I am living in Thailand and don't get an increase in state pension. You may want to complete form P85 which tells hmrc you've left the UK. I did it for tax reasons but its reasonable to assume that the info will ensure you don’t get the state pension increases.
October 21, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, sometime said: Not all things to do UK tax are bad, last year I received a letter to my Thai address with a cheque for a tax refund that I wasn't expecting , I sent the cheque to family & had it paid into my UK bank account Thats funny ...they also tried to send me a cheque here. Never arrived. Tried again, still no cheque. Third time they allowed me to claim it electronically- got it 3 days later!
October 22, 20232 yr This is of interest to people who are in receipt of a UK State Pension but no other taxable income. Particularly to those who are in receipt of SERPs enhancements. Essentially, you may now be due to pay tax on your income the bill for which will accumulate since there are no direct means to tax incomes that are solely State Pension. The root cause is the freeze to the tax threshold, creating a stealth tax on low incomes that have risen with inflation. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/oct/21/uk-pensions-warning-dont-get-caught-by-an-out-of-the-blue-tax-bill
October 22, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said: This is of interest to people who are in receipt of a UK State Pension but no other taxable income. Particularly to those who are in receipt of SERPs enhancements. Essentially, you may now be due to pay tax on your income the bill for which will accumulate since there are no direct means to tax incomes that are solely State Pension. The root cause is the freeze to the tax threshold, creating a stealth tax on low incomes that have risen with inflation. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/oct/21/uk-pensions-warning-dont-get-caught-by-an-out-of-the-blue-tax-bill The term is called fiscal drag. Not just serps, but possibly S2P which replaced it.
October 23, 20232 yr 22 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said: This is of interest to people who are in receipt of a UK State Pension but no other taxable income. Particularly to those who are in receipt of SERPs enhancements. Essentially, you may now be due to pay tax on your income the bill for which will accumulate since there are no direct means to tax incomes that are solely State Pension. The root cause is the freeze to the tax threshold, creating a stealth tax on low incomes that have risen with inflation. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/oct/21/uk-pensions-warning-dont-get-caught-by-an-out-of-the-blue-tax-bill Good post.
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