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P60

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banner18
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P60

Post by banner18 »

Hi, does anyone know if they take your pension contributions off of your final year end income on your p60?

It is for tax credits purposes.
RobertT
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Post by RobertT »

Pension contributions are taken before tax is paid. For example:

If your gross weekly pay is £400 and you pay £20 into your pension, your assessable pay for tax purposes is £380.
Therefore your annual gross pay of £20,800 would show up as £19,760 on your P60.
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banner18
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Post by banner18 »

thanks for the info
N1-22postman
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Re: P60

Post by N1-22postman »

If you can afford to make extra voluntary pension contributions this will reduce your annual gross pay and increase the amount of tax credits you receive. This is a tax efficient way of boosting your pension from the usual 20% tax relief to an equivalent of over 50%. I was able to manage this for a couple of years as I approached 60 and my children were still teenagers.