Finance Act 2004

230 Cash balance arrangements U.K.

(1) The pension input amount in respect of a cash balance arrangement is the amount of any increase in the value of the individual’s rights under the arrangement during the pension input period of the arrangement that ends in the tax year.

(2) There is an increase in the value of the individual’s rights under the arrangement during the pension input period if—

(a) the opening value of the individual’s rights under the arrangement, is exceeded by

(b) the closing value of the individual’s rights under the arrangement.

(3) The amount of the increase in the value of the individual’s rights under the arrangement during the pension input period is the amount of that excess.

[F1 (4) The opening value of the individual’s rights under the arrangement—

(a) where the pension input period is the first pension input period of the arrangement, is the amount which would, on the valuation assumptions (see section 277), be available for the provision of benefits to or in respect of the individual under the arrangement if the individual became entitled to the benefits immediately before that pension input period (or is nil if no such amount would be available), or

(b) in any other case, is the amount which would, on the valuation assumptions, be available for the provision of benefits to or in respect of the individual under the arrangement if the individual became entitled to the benefits at the end of the immediately preceding pension input period.]

(5) The closing value of the individual’s rights under the arrangement is the amount which would, on the valuation assumptions, be available for the provision of benefits to or in respect of the individual under the arrangement if the individual became entitled to the benefits at the end of the pension input period.

[F2 (5A) If, during the pension input period, minimum payments are made under—

(a) section 8 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, or

(b) section 4 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993,

in relation to the individual in connection with the arrangement, their amount is to be subtracted from what would otherwise be the pension input amount in the case of the individual in respect of the arrangement.

[F3 (5B) The pension input amount in respect of the cash balance arrangement is nil where subsection (5BA) or (5BB) applies and the value of the relevant rights of the individual under the arrangement does not increase during the pension input period by more than—

(a) the relevant percentage, plus

(b) the relevant statutory increase percentage.

(5BA) This subsection applies where the individual—

(a) is, throughout the pension input period, a deferred member of the pension scheme that the arrangement is under,

(b) is such a deferred member for part of the pension input period and a pensioner member for the rest of it, or

(c) would meet the condition in paragraph (a) or (b) if the arrangement were the only arrangement under the pension scheme relating to that individual.

(5BB) This subsection applies where—

(a) during the pension input period all the sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing accrued rights under, the arrangement are transferred so as to become held for the purposes of, or to represent rights under—

(i) a registered pension scheme, or

(ii) a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme,

in connection with the individual,

(b) the individual is a deferred member of the pension scheme that the arrangement is under from the beginning of the pension input period until the transfer (or would be if the arrangement were the only arrangement under the pension scheme relating to that individual), and

(c) rights do not accrue under the arrangement to or in respect of the individual during so much of the pension input period as falls after the transfer.

(5BC) In determining for the purposes of this section whether or not a member of a pension scheme is a deferred member (see particularly the definition of “active member” in section 151(2)), arrangements made under the pension scheme for benefits to accrue, as a consequence of (and immediately after) a relevant inward transfer (as defined in section 232(6)) to or in respect of that member, are to be disregarded—

(a) if condition B in section 232(6A) is met in relation to the accrual of benefits under the arrangements, or

(b) so far as the accrual of benefits under the arrangements is to be an increase in the rights of the individual which falls to be subtracted by virtue of section 232(6A)(b).]

(5C) In this section—

• “guaranteed minimum pension” has the meaning given by—

  (a)

  section 8(2) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, or

  (b)

  section 4(2) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;

• “predecessor arrangement”, in relation to an arrangement, means another arrangement (under the same or another registered pension scheme) from which some or all of the sums or assets held for the purposes of the arrangement directly or indirectly derive;

• “predecessor registered pension scheme”, in relation to a pension scheme, means another registered pension scheme from which some or all of the sums or assets held for the purposes of the arrangement under the pension scheme directly or indirectly derive;

• [F4 “the relevant percentage” means—

  (a)

  where throughout the pension input period the arrangement (or a predecessor arrangement) includes provision for the value of the relevant rights of the individual to increase at an annual rate which is an RPI-related rate specified in the rules of the pension scheme (or a predecessor registered pension scheme) on 6th April 2012, that rate,

  (b)

  where throughout the pension input period the arrangement (or a predecessor arrangement) includes provision for the value of the relevant rights of the individual to increase at an annual rate, other than an RPI-related rate, specified in the rules of the pension scheme (or a predecessor registered pension scheme) on 14th October 2010, that rate, and

  (c)

  in a case not falling within paragraph (a) or (b), the percentage by which the consumer prices index for a month falling within the pension input period and nominated by the scheme administrator is higher than it was for the same month in the previous period of 12 months (or nil per cent if it is not higher);]

• “the relevant rights of the individual” means rights of the individual under the arrangement, other than any rights to a guaranteed minimum pension;

• [F5 “the relevant statutory increase percentage” in relation to a pension input period means the percentage increase in the value of the individual’s rights under the arrangement during the pension input period so far as it is attributable solely to one or more of the following—

  (a)

  an increase in accordance with section 15 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 or section 11 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (increase of guaranteed minimum where commencement of guaranteed minimum pension postponed);

  (b)

  a revaluation in accordance with section 16 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 or section 12 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (early leavers: revaluation of earning factors);

  (c)

  a revaluation in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 or the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (early leavers: revaluation of accrued benefits);

  (d)

  a revaluation in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 or the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (early leavers: protection of increases in guaranteed minimum pensions);

  (e)

  the application of section 67 of the Equality Act 2010 (sex equality rule for occupational pension schemes);

• “RPI-related rate” (in the definition of “the relevant percentage”) means—

  (a)

  a rate produced solely by movement in the retail prices index, or

  (b)

  a rate which (however expressed) is the lower of such a rate and a percentage figure;]

• “specified”, in relation to an annual rate, means specified as a percentage figure or as a percentage produced by movement in an index (or a combination of the two) but does not include a percentage produced by the exercise of a discretion by any person.]

(6) Section 231 (uprating of opening value) and section 232 (adjustments of closing value) supplement this section.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 230(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 2(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Finance Act 2004 (Registered Pension Schemes and Annual Allowance Charge) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/80), arts. 1, 12(a)

F2 S. 230(5A)-(5C) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 Pt. 2 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 17 para. 7(3)

F3 S. 230(5B)-(5BC) substituted for s. 230(5B) (with effect in accordance with arts. 2(a), 3(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Finance Act 2004 (Registered Pension Schemes and Annual Allowance Charge) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/80), arts. 1, 12(b)

F4 Words in s. 230(5C) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 2(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Finance Act 2004 (Registered Pension Schemes and Annual Allowance Charge) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/80), arts. 1, 12(c)(i)

F5 Words in s. 230(5C) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 2(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Finance Act 2004 (Registered Pension Schemes and Annual Allowance Charge) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/80), arts. 1, 12(c)(ii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4 applied (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 35 para. 18

C2 S. 230 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2006) by The Registered Pension Schemes (Restriction of Employers Relief) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3458), regs. 1(1), 5 (with regs. 2-4)

C3 Ss. 230-237 modified (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 35 para. 5(2)

C4 S. 230(1) modified (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 35 para. 5(1)

Commencement Information

I1 Ss. 160-274, 281, Schs. 30-35 in force at 6.4.2006 but any power to make an order or regulations under those provisions may be exercised at any time after Royal Assent, see s. 284