Lifetime allowance transitional protections
Employment Tax
Guidance
This guidance note looks at transitional protection for lifetime allowance. The lifetime allowance was abolished from 6 April 2024. For details of transitional protection carried over into the replacement system for taxation of pension lump sums, see the Pension income and lump sum allowances from 6 April 2024 guidance note. It may be necessary to calculate the protection available under the old rules as set out below, as a starting point for protection available under the new rules.
Introduction
This guidance note describes the various forms of protection against the lifetime allowance charge which have been introduced, first when the tax regime for registered pension schemes was introduced by FA聽2004, and subsequently, particularly as the lifetime allowance was reduced in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Despite the lifetime allowance charge being abolished with effect from 6 April 2023, and the lifetime allowance regime being repealed from 6 April 2024, the lifetime allowance protections discussed below remain relevant, as they enable the individual to receive a higher tax-free lump sums after 5 April 2024 compared to those
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