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Valuing your pension pot

In April 2006, the Government brought in wide ranging changes to the tax regime surrounding pensions - A Day as it was called. Many of the options you will find on this website, such as topping up your benefits or taking a bigger lump sum are now open to more members thanks to this new tax regime.

But this tax regime also imposes certain limits, for example on the size of your ‘pension pot’ or how much of it you can draw as tax free cash. For checking many of the limits, we use a standard formula to work out the value of your pension pot:

Valuing your pension pot

Valuing your pension pot
Simply multiply your annual pension by 20, then add in any one off benefits, such as your lump sum, or the value of any AVCs you may have…

(Pension x 20) + Lump sum + AVCs etc

This value then counts towards your lifetime allowance - rates are shown on the right.

* Click here for example
* Special information for high earners
* More about Topping up your Benefits
* More about taking a bigger lump sum

Lifetime allowance limit

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