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Taken IHR and future pension payment.

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tiredm
Posts: 20
Joined: 18 Oct 2011, 17:45
Gender: Male

Taken IHR and future pension payment.

Post by tiredm »

Hi,
Last year I took IHR with lump sum payment. Will this effect my pension entitlements when i'm able to draw them at the appropriate time?

Many Thanks.
RobertT
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 6645
Joined: 09 Sep 2007, 14:26
Gender: Male

Taken IHR and future pension payment.

Post by RobertT »

They won't be affected at all.

Your pension is deferred and you're still entitled to whatever you'd built up when you left RM.

But the normal 5% per year early payment reductions will apply if you take either NRA60 or NRA65 before those ages.
Links to all RM pension related websites are here
tiredm
Posts: 20
Joined: 18 Oct 2011, 17:45
Gender: Male

Taken IHR and future pension payment.

Post by tiredm »

Ok. Thank you.
Navalron
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 1044
Joined: 12 Aug 2017, 10:40
Gender: Male
Location: Glasgow

Taken IHR and future pension payment.

Post by Navalron »

I'm sorry but I cannot believe the amount of people who don't seem to have looked into the effects certain actions have on their pensions. Unbelievable. I mean, I know it's quite a boring subject for people, myself included but maybe now I've turned 50 in April and only got a few years for my Royal Navy pension, my RM pension to kick in I've actually got interested. A good lot of that information came from Robert T, who has given me more useful advice that the idiot in my nationwide branch. :thumbup :thumbup