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Pensions and retirement planning
How your pension income is taxed
Boost your State Pension
If you retired before 24 October 2004, or you reach State Pension age between April 2008 and April 2015, you may be able to increase your State Pension
Tax on your State Pension (money, tax and benefits section)
Your State Pension counts as taxable income but you only pay tax on it if your overall income is above a certain level
Tax codes and tax forms explained for pensioners
Understand your tax code if you are a pensioner and what to do if you think it is wrong
Tax on company, personal or foreign pensions (money, tax and benefits section)
How you pay tax on a company pension, a private pension or a pension received from abroad
Tax if you take your State Pension later on (money, tax and benefits section)
How you pay tax on a State Pension that you have put off - whether taken as a lump sum or income
Tax on a pension you pass on or inherit (money, tax and benefits section)
Check whether your estate will have to pay tax if you pass on a pension, or what tax you’ll pay if you inherit a pension
Tax on retirement annuities (money, tax and benefits section)
How retirement annuities (personal pensions set up before July 1988) are taxed and how to check you didn't overpay in earlier years
