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The Treasury could be straining its coffers as auto-enrolment means more people than ever before will be subject to pension tax relief.

HMRC has published its final guidance setting out when VAT will be exempt on adviser charging arrangements post RDR. Here are the guidelines in full.

Advisers unable to evidence that a VAT exempt transaction has taken place will be charged at the standard rate, final HMRC guidance states.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

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A private investigator who allegedly fed information to the News of the World (NoW) has been jailed for separate charges of ‘blagging' sensitive information from government sources and selling it to insurers.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is investigating the "aggressive promotion" of using intellectual property (IP) to borrow money from small self-administered pension schemes (SSAS).

The government has introduced new legislation to prevent the use of two aggressive tax avoidance schemes used by Barclays.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will review all cases relating to tax disputes worth over £100m following a damning report from MPs.

The financial services and pensions regulators have joined forces with HMRC to issue a fresh warning against early release pension offers.