Reflections on reaching for retirement
As well as increasing pensions that are already in payment this figure is used to uprate the historical salaries used in the calculation of the final salary figure.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-service-pensions-increase-2023
The Teaching pension schemes are no strangers to changes in the pension age at which they are designed to be taken.
Before 2007 it was 60, then 65 and more recently has been brought into line with the state pension age. What is also changing is the MINIMUM pension age – the age at which you can, with a reduction, take the pension.
The GOOD news is that as the legislation stands the final salary schemes, those that teachers were in before 1 April 2015, retain the pension ages as they were – no real surprise there as that was the contractual obligation, teachers will get what they signed up and paid for.
The BAD news is that the newer, career average, scheme was written differently and so IS subject to the change. If you are not 55 before 6 April 2028 then you won’t be able to access this part of the pension until you reach 57. Also, the plan is to raise this further in the future to 58 and for it to then track 10 years behind the state pension age. Remember though that taking it 10 years early does mean you will be paid less to make up for the fact you will be paid it for longer.
A 5% pay rise versus double-digit inflation…what is best for your pension?
With less than 2 years you CAN get a refund of your contributions…this video looks at why that may not be your BEST option
Transferring your private pension into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme when you start teaching may give you a better annual pension than buying an annuity…if you live long enough to enjoy it
A question to which there are as many answers as their pensioners….and no-one has convinced my one way or the other…so I opened another spreadsheet.
The sheet I used: https://bit.ly/3PzqC9e
Is your final salary pension about to fall over a cliff and lose some of its value?
The scheme end on 31 March 2022 but continues to use salaries from the last 10 years and those into the future. Your pension can go down if you are not careful
The remedy period (1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022) is where each eligible teacher gets to choose which scheme it is counted in, either their original final salary scheme or the new career average scheme.
TPS produced some case studies that, in my opinion, appeared to have been designed with the intention to promote the new career average scheme and minimise the differences between the schemes rather than what should have been their primary purpose; to help members of the scheme identify with the examples and so improve their understanding of what is likely to happen to their pensions.
To this end I have created several case studies of my own that, again in my opinion, more closely resemble real cases. The first 3 of these are all based on a typical classroom teacher who reaches the top of the upper pay range and stays there until the end of their career.
In these cases all the teachers are looking to retire at 60 and take all of their pension at that time. This means that any career average pension will be actuarially reduced but this makes the comparison between the choices each member will be given much easier to make.
The three case studies are for;
Dave (Protected)
Marci (Tapered)
Sherri (Transition)
Why you should NOT start your pension on the very first day you can…unless your birthday matches that day…
60+ and still teaching?
The end of the final salary scheme on 1 April 2022 presents you with an opportunity to take your final salary pension, continue working AND get paid more.
“Golf cake” by Eldriva is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Baskerville 2 by Anders Noren.