CSP Retirement Modeller Problems?

westv

NedS said:

I have just tried and it's working for me. I did need to log in with two factor authentication, which I think is new (don't remember being required to do that before), but it had all my previous information saved and ready to use.

You can either log in and it prepopulates the info or not log in and enter manually.

westv

george_jetson said:

Have you tried using the Civil Service Pensions app rather than the website?

I didn't realise there was an app. I've always just used.

Retirement Modeller - Civil Service Pension Scheme

westv

Loaded the app on my Chromebook but it just crashes as soon as it opens.
Edit: I suppose I'll just have to go back to basics with a spreadsheet and details of reduction factors.

pinnks

I don't know if things have improved since I retired but I was in the Premium scheme and the only answer was a copy of the scheme rules and a complex spreadsheet as ABS and My CSP were useless and/or would not provide any info as you have not yet claimed...
 

michaels

SO as someone who joined the CS in April 22 it seems my first annual benefits statement will be dated 31st March 23 but will not be published until sometime in August 2023.

As the statement does not include the CPI uplift I won't actually know (on paper) what CPI uplift has been applied to my 22/23 contributions until August 2024 when I get my 23/24 ABS.

Reason this is relevant is I have made a transfer in this FY and was wanting to get confirmation whether this transfer in would benefit from none of, some of or all of the CPI annual uplift applied in April 23.

Does anyone who has done a transfer into Alpha previously know if it qualifies for the CPI updating in the year of the transfer in?  Thanks

westv

Modeller has been fixed.
Nothing changed my end.

Marmot

michaels said:

SO as someone who joined the CS in April 22 it seems my first annual benefits statement will be dated 31st March 23 but will not be published until sometime in August 2023.

As the statement does not include the CPI uplift I won't actually know (on paper) what CPI uplift has been applied to my 22/23 contributions until August 2024 when I get my 23/24 ABS.

Reason this is relevant is I have made a transfer in this FY and was wanting to get confirmation whether this transfer in would benefit from none of, some of or all of the CPI annual uplift applied in April 23.

Does anyone who has done a transfer into Alpha previously know if it qualifies for the CPI updating in the year of the transfer in?  Thanks

I’m in a similar situation, joined in June 22 and will only get an ABS in August 23 so the portal isn’t much use for modelling until then (appreciate can use modeller without logging in). 

Anyway, I was on a CS pension talk a couple of weeks back & I asked that particular question about the CPI uplift on what I’m transferring in and I was told that you will benefit from the CPI uplift on your funds proportional to how long your funds have been in the scheme… I’m still waiting after over 8 months and my transfer in hasn’t completed yet. I think it ‘may’ be in by the end of this month so I may just get 1/12th of the CPI uplift as my funds will be in for the final month of the financial year.

The whole transfer in process has been unbelievably slow & I feel like writing a separate thread to give more detail about the process for anyone else attempting it in the future and how they might avoid some pitfalls. Mine had mistakes by my employer, by CSP and by my inbound DC pension company too. It’s been pretty soul destroying :-(

Hey ho perhaps it’s nearly done now…. I may have just jinxed it by saying that 😆

michaels

Marmot said:

michaels said:

SO as someone who joined the CS in April 22 it seems my first annual benefits statement will be dated 31st March 23 but will not be published until sometime in August 2023.

As the statement does not include the CPI uplift I won't actually know (on paper) what CPI uplift has been applied to my 22/23 contributions until August 2024 when I get my 23/24 ABS.

Reason this is relevant is I have made a transfer in this FY and was wanting to get confirmation whether this transfer in would benefit from none of, some of or all of the CPI annual uplift applied in April 23.

Does anyone who has done a transfer into Alpha previously know if it qualifies for the CPI updating in the year of the transfer in?  Thanks

I’m in a similar situation, joined in June 22 and will only get an ABS in August 23 so the portal isn’t much use for modelling until then (appreciate can use modeller without logging in). 

Anyway, I was on a CS pension talk a couple of weeks back & I asked that particular question about the CPI uplift on what I’m transferring in and I was told that you will benefit from the CPI uplift on your funds proportional to how long your funds have been in the scheme… I’m still waiting after over 8 months and my transfer in hasn’t completed yet. I think it ‘may’ be in by the end of this month so I may just get 1/12th of the CPI uplift as my funds will be in for the final month of the financial year.

The whole transfer in process has been unbelievably slow & I feel like writing a separate thread to give more detail about the process for anyone else attempting it in the future and how they might avoid some pitfalls. Mine had mistakes by my employer, by CSP and by my inbound DC pension company too. It’s been pretty soul destroying :-(

Hey ho perhaps it’s nearly done now…. I may have just jinxed it by saying that 😆

Mine seemed to take nearly that long without any specific problems and lots of chasing by me to all parties.

Thanks for your answer on the transfer in uplift - I wonder if the person for told you 'knew' the answer or was just guessing.  Elsewhere it has been suggested that standard contributions and Added Pension get uplifted for the whole year even though obviously some contributions would only have been in the pension for a few months or even just weeks so I am hoping transfer in is treated the same way.

horsewithnoname

Have you tried different browsers? Sometimes helps. 

Tufty199

It's working normally for me right now.