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Money, tax and benefits
Tax on benefits pensions and maintenance
How benefits are taxed
Which social security benefits are taxable and which aren't, how they're taxed and why you should tell your Tax Office about the benefits you get
Tax on your State Pension
Your State Pension counts as taxable income but you only pay tax on it if your overall income is above a certain level
Tax if you take your State Pension later on
How you pay tax on a deferred State Pension - whether taken as a lump sum or income
Tax on retirement annuities
How retirement annuities (personal pensions set up before July 1988) are taxed and how to check you didn't overpay in earlier years
Tax on company, personal or foreign pensions
How you pay tax on an occupational or private pension or a pension received from abroad
Tax on a pension you pass on or inherit
Check whether your estate will have to pay tax if you pass on a pension, or what tax you’ll pay if you inherit a pension
Tax on maintenance payments
Paying or receiving maintenance and/or child maintenance payments, what you need to show on your tax return and where to get help
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