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trivial commutation tax for a child

vickyholly · 2022-05-18 07:03:39

Hi, Sadly my husband passed away in Jan, in the main ive sorted out all the paperwork. But i am confused about a NAT WEST pension, My daughter who is 11yrs, is entitled to a surving child pension, its not a large amount , but i could take a yearly payment until she finished school or a lump sum now. I chose to take the…

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chapea Posts: 64 Forumite

19 May 2022 at 12:22AM

Hi not quite the same but when my husband died my 2 daughters were 6 and 8 and entitled to a very small monthly lgps payment (no offer of lump sum) until 19 unless going to Uni. A temporary NI number was set up for both of them but took a few months and they were taxed until this was done the payments 12 years on are only £8 per week (just finishing) but I don’t know if things have changed.

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