CaTreasury To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings to HM Treasury in terms of tax relief which would be gained if the annual allowance for pension contributions were reduced from £40,000 a year to (a) £30,000 a year, (2) £25,000 a year, and (3) £20,000 a year. Treasury 2 HL6274 Baroness Altmann HM Treasury House of Lords Pensions: Tax Allowances Biography information for Baroness Altmann 14 2017-04-05T11:09:19.067Z as2012_policy_costings.pdf policy costings Baroness Neville-Rolfe false 2017-04-05 Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe <p>The impacts of reducing the Annual Allowance from £40,000 a year would depend upon a number of factors including earnings growth and behavioural response to the policy change.</p><p> </p><p>A costings note for the reduction of the Annual Allowance from £50,000 to £40,000 and the Lifetime Allowance from £1.5 million to £1.25 million was published at Autumn Statement 2012<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This policy costings document was published alongside Autumn Statement 2012</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221551/as2012_policy_costings.pdf</a></p> false 2017-03-23 1 0 1 10