DWP pension p60 equivalent?

olbas_oil

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?
I have looked at my HMRC personal tax account, and it has details of employment pension, but not DWP. In previous years I have gone back through monthly bank statements, but I wondered whether there was a more authoritative source?

Dazed_and_C0nfused

olbas_oil said:

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?
I have looked at my HMRC personal tax account, and it has details of employment pension, but not DWP. In previous years I have gone back through monthly bank statements, but I wondered whether there was a more authoritative source?

Do you mean a pension paid by DWP as your former employer?

Or do you mean the State Pension?

molerat

There is no on line view of previous year's SP amounts.  The best method for a full year is 51 new + 1 old which is what DWP / HMRC use for your tax coding.  If not a full year you need to work out the number of weekly pay days from retirement to 5 April less the first weeks pre retirement days.

probate_slave

If HMRC sent you a tax code notice during the year for 2024/25 it should include the total amount of SP, correctly calculated.

olbas_oil

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

olbas_oil said:

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?
I have looked at my HMRC personal tax account, and it has details of employment pension, but not DWP. In previous years I have gone back through monthly bank statements, but I wondered whether there was a more authoritative source?

Do you mean a pension paid by DWP as your former employer?

Or do you mean the State Pension?

State pension

p00hsticks

olbas_oil said:

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?

Note that ,as often comes up on this board, for income tax purposes it's the total pension amount you are entitled to during the tax year, not what you have actually been paid, that HMRC will use, and as far as I'm aware DWP should pass that figure directly across to HMRC

jem16

p00hsticks said:

olbas_oil said:

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?

Note that ,as often comes up on this board, for income tax purposes it's the total pension amount you are entitled to during the tax year, not what you have actually been paid, that HMRC will use, and as far as I'm aware DWP should pass that figure directly across to HMRC

Yet somehow the pre-populated figure in my tax return is always wrong as it gives the 52 times weekly rate amount instead of the correct figure of 1 week of old and 51 weeks of new that is correctly used for the tax code. 

The occasional 53 week tax year seems to be totally ignored too. 

Bookworm225

jem16 said:

p00hsticks said:

olbas_oil said:

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?

Note that ,as often comes up on this board, for income tax purposes it's the total pension amount you are entitled to during the tax year, not what you have actually been paid, that HMRC will use, and as far as I'm aware DWP should pass that figure directly across to HMRC

Yet somehow the pre-populated figure in my tax return is always wrong as it gives the 52 times weekly rate amount instead of the correct figure of 1 week of old and 51 weeks of new that is correctly used for the tax code. 

The occasional 53 week tax year seems to be totally ignored too. 

always wise to read the instructions when undertaking a task: 1 old and 51 new weeks

How to fill in your tax return

jem16

Bookworm225 said:

jem16 said:

p00hsticks said:

olbas_oil said:

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?

Note that ,as often comes up on this board, for income tax purposes it's the total pension amount you are entitled to during the tax year, not what you have actually been paid, that HMRC will use, and as far as I'm aware DWP should pass that figure directly across to HMRC

Yet somehow the pre-populated figure in my tax return is always wrong as it gives the 52 times weekly rate amount instead of the correct figure of 1 week of old and 51 weeks of new that is correctly used for the tax code. 

The occasional 53 week tax year seems to be totally ignored too. 

always wise to read the instructions when undertaking a task: 1 old and 51 new weeks

How to fill in your tax return

It’s HMRC you need to tell, not me. 

As I said my tax return always has a pre-populated figure which is 52 times my weekly amount. I always correct it as per the instructions to 1 week of old and 51 weeks of new. So it’s HMRC who aren’t following their own instructions. I am. 

Dazed_and_C0nfused

jem16 said:

Bookworm225 said:

jem16 said:

p00hsticks said:

olbas_oil said:

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?

Note that ,as often comes up on this board, for income tax purposes it's the total pension amount you are entitled to during the tax year, not what you have actually been paid, that HMRC will use, and as far as I'm aware DWP should pass that figure directly across to HMRC

Yet somehow the pre-populated figure in my tax return is always wrong as it gives the 52 times weekly rate amount instead of the correct figure of 1 week of old and 51 weeks of new that is correctly used for the tax code. 

The occasional 53 week tax year seems to be totally ignored too. 

always wise to read the instructions when undertaking a task: 1 old and 51 new weeks

How to fill in your tax return

It’s HMRC you need to tell, not me. 

As I said my tax return always has a pre-populated figure which is 52 times my weekly amount. I always correct it as per the instructions to 1 week of old and 51 weeks of new. So it’s HMRC who aren’t following their own instructions. I am. 

Although it isn't actually 1+51 for everyone every year.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/paye-manual/paye76030

jem16

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

jem16 said:

Bookworm225 said:

jem16 said:

p00hsticks said:

olbas_oil said:

What's the quickest way to discover the total pension paid by DWP for last tax year?

Note that ,as often comes up on this board, for income tax purposes it's the total pension amount you are entitled to during the tax year, not what you have actually been paid, that HMRC will use, and as far as I'm aware DWP should pass that figure directly across to HMRC

Yet somehow the pre-populated figure in my tax return is always wrong as it gives the 52 times weekly rate amount instead of the correct figure of 1 week of old and 51 weeks of new that is correctly used for the tax code. 

The occasional 53 week tax year seems to be totally ignored too. 

always wise to read the instructions when undertaking a task: 1 old and 51 new weeks

How to fill in your tax return

It’s HMRC you need to tell, not me. 

As I said my tax return always has a pre-populated figure which is 52 times my weekly amount. I always correct it as per the instructions to 1 week of old and 51 weeks of new. So it’s HMRC who aren’t following their own instructions. I am. 

Although it isn't actually 1+51 for everyone every year.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/paye-manual/paye76030

Yes I agree it’s not always 1 + 51. There are some years that are also 1 + 52.

Plus as it points out there, it will always be 1 + 51 for those of us reaching SPA from 6th April 2010 onwards except for those 53 week years.

My point is that I know the pre-populated figure is wrong and each time I’ve had to change it to the correct one based on my actual entitlement and taking the increase date into account. 

The figure used in my tax code is correct so why can’t that figure be pre-populated? It’s all been asked on their Community Forums and even the HMRC Admin give different answers.