Administrators can report transfers of sums and assets from UK-registered pension schemes to qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS) using the online service launched in December.
But some schemes, including retirement annuity contracts and executive pension plans that were approved before 6 April 2006, have no pension scheme tax reference code that can be used to gain online access, meaning administrators need to first digitally register each scheme before reporting transfers.
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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.