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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2017-11-07more like thismore than 2017-11-07
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HM Treasury more like this
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unstar this property answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
star this property hansard heading Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to ensure that workers earning below £11,500 a year who are automatically enrolled into Net Pay Schemes are able to obtain the tax relief they are due; if so, how; and if not, whether they intend to introduce alternative measures to ensure that either (1) the employer, or (2) the pension provider, compensates such low earners for the money they lose out on. more like this
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Baroness Altmann more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>The Government recognises the different impacts on workers earning below the personal allowance. However, it has not been possible to identify any straightforward or proportionate means to align the effects of the net pay and relief at source mechanisms more closely for this population.</p><p> </p><p>Workplace pension schemes are chosen by employers and the Pensions Regulator provides guidance on this in relation to automatic enrolment. The guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. It also says that some schemes that use the net pay arrangement may have lower charges than schemes that operate relief at source.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Bates remove filter
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Bates more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Baroness Altmann more like this