We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Adjusted net income question

Hello.
Hoping someone can provide a little clarity please, I understand the concept of Adjusted net income and how this can be reduced. However, one thing is not clear to me regarding pension payments:

The HMRC website mentions pension payments to a company scheme should be deducted as part of the ANI calculation on a gross basis, but they don't clarify if additional payments (not paid through my payroll) should be deducted as a net or gross amount as part of the calculation.

Comments

  • Gross amount.

    Step 3 - take off pension contributions
    If you made a contribution to a pension scheme where your pension provider has already given you tax relief at basic rate, take off the grossed-up amount - what you paid plus the basic rate of tax.

    So, for every £1 of pension contribution you made, take £1.25 from your net income
  • Thanks for the answer, but that's just the issue I'm having... By paying an amount directly to my pension provider outside of any work based salary payment (and therefore relief at source) do I still use the gross amount?
    Cheers.
  • The answer is still Yes!
  • Perfect. Thank you!
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352.2K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.3K Spending & Discounts
  • 245.2K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.5K Life & Family
  • 259K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.