Salary sacrifice and self-assesment

Skibunny40

Hi All

I'm completing my self-assesment form and am not sure what figure to put in for how much I've paid into a personal pension. I have a SIPP as well as salary sacrifice on my work pension, but the amount I sacrifice on my salary shows as part of my employers contribution on my work pension. So should I only write the figure I pay into my SIPP, or the total of the SIPP money and the salary sacrifice?

BoGoF

The salary sacrifice is not your contributions. Your p60 figure should already be the figure after salary sacrifice.

Skibunny40

So I only write the amount I pay into my SIPP in the box for personal pension contributions?
Sorry, just want to be sure I'm understanding correctly!

BoGoF

Correct......

Skibunny40

Thank you!

xylophone

So I only write the amount I pay into my SIPP in the box for personal pension contributions?

The SIPP operates on "relief at source".

https://www.google.com/search?q=self+assessment+guidance+notes+2018&oq=self+assessment+notes+2018&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.21354j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Under the ‘relief at source’ system, your pension provider claims basic rate tax relief (of 20%) on your personal contributions and adds that to your pension pot.
Put the total amount in box 1 – that is, your personal contributions paid to the scheme, plus the basic rate tax relief. Include any one-off contributions you made in the year and provide the details of any one-off contributions in ‘Any other information’ on page TR 7.
Use the pension certificate or receipt you get from the administrator to fill in box 1 or work out the figure by dividing the amount you actually paid by 80 and multiplying the result by 100.
Example
Emma paid £700 into her pension scheme. She puts £875 in box 1 (£700 divided by 80 and multiplied by 100), which is her net payment plus the tax relief of £175 (£875 at 20%).
If you pay tax at 40% or 45% you should still fill in box 1 with the amount you paid in plus the basic rate (20%) tax relief. We’ll work out the extra tax relief due to you over the basic rate claimed by your pension provider.
Personal contributions with full relief