Data reconciliation offered to contracted-out pensions

HMRC are offering a service to allow pension scheme administrators and trustees to reconcile their own membership data with the tax department's record, in advance of the ending of contracting-out in April 2016.

The new offering provides a list of contracted out periods and guaranteed minimum pension data for members who have left contracted-out employment, including early leavers, pensioners, widows, widowers and surviving civil partners.

The service will provide information from April 2014, but requests for data can be made immediately.