Working on and claiming state pension

johnnyboy58

I reach retirement age later this year but don't have much of a pension pot. My plan is to continue working for a couple of years while claiming state pension. The idea being to have the equivalent amount of state pension and national insurance which I will no longer be paying diverted from my salary into my company pension thus getting tax relief as well as boosting the pot. Is this achievable and does it seem a sensible way of rapidly increasing my pension pot?

xylophone

It is possible to regard  state pension  as income replacement enabling increased contributions from

salary (relevant earnings) into a workplace scheme.

See

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

johnnyboy58

Thanks Xylophone 👍