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Annual Allowance Calculation - Classic, Alpha and AVC
         
         
            Trying to get my head round my Annual Allowance before during and after Partial Retirement
Here’s my thinking:
Pre retirement year
Classic:
Classic Pension at end x19 minus Classic Pension at beginning x 19 r evised upwards by CPI*
Classic pension value devised by multiplying by 16 and adding LS (effectively multiplying by 19)
Alpha
Alpha same as above but multiplying by 16 (no lumps um)
AVC - contributions
Add them together
Partial retirement year
Here gets trickier – my understanding is that I ignore mcloud choice and treat it as though I had stuck with legacy (unless alpha was less than legacy, which it won’t be)
Classic:
1 Starting Classic x 19 revised upwards by CPI
2 Classic pension actually taken IF I HAD CHOSE OPTION A x16 plus lump sum PLUS (classic not taken revised upwards in line with earnings for year x19)
Subtract first figure from second
Alpha:
1 Alpha at beginning x 16
2 (Alpha actually taken - (took all accrued)–presumably revised downwards to Option A) x 16 )plus (pension accrued after part retirement x16)
Deduct 1st from second
AVC straightforward what I paid in
Year after partial retirement
Classic:
1 untaken classic at opening revised by CPI x19
2 untaken classic at end x19
Subtract 1 from 2 if negative can offset against:
Alpha
1 Accrued alpha post partial retirement x16 revised upwards by CPI
2 Total accrued alpha x 16
Deduct 1 from 2
AVC as before
Anybody make enough sense of this to tell if I am doing it right?
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