Here's an article that's certain to stir up a few ex-pat pensioners: it seems the UK government is considering putting state pensions into the PAYE system, taxed at source with recovery of tax paid via the self assessment process, apparently it's the front runner of all the options to simplify the tax system for pensioners, sounds to me like an easy way to for the government to boost its coffers more quickly.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/outrage-as-treasury-plans-granny-tax-ii-7627520.html

Can you post this in the pinned thread on UK Pensions we've started in the General Forum? It's at the top of the page.

Thanks! I'll close this thread.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/540525-uk-pensions/