Carers allowance and Self employed pension contribution

optoutDB

I have received £3600 of Carers allowance this year. And it's been a quiet year, my self employed profits are around £4000.  

I read that CA counts as income towards my personal tax allowance. So does it also count as income for my pension contributions? ie I can put £7600 gross into my pension this year?

Asking because the contribution needs to be made asap, and I can't start a tax return yet to see if that gives any clues.

thanks,

xylophone

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/pensions-tax-manual/ptm044100

https://www.litrg.org.uk/tax-guides/disabled-people-and-carers/caring-someone/tax-and-benefits-carers

https://www.litrg.org.uk/latest-news/news/180205-any-questions-carers-allowance-–-can-making-pension-contributions-help-you

There is no suggestion in the above that Carers Allowance counts as "relevant earnings".

NedS

Carers Allowance is taxable income but it does not count as relevant earnings so you cannot contribute more than your £4000 of earned income from your self employment.

optoutDB

Thanks for that.

Looks like I missed out on my tax efficient £13k earnings and £13k pension contribution this year. And I'll be drawing down from next year ( to get my SIPP money into an ISA) but that's for another post.