I pay into an NHS Pension Scheme Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVC) plan. What are my options with regard to this if I leave the scheme?
I pay into an NHS
Pension Scheme Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVC) plan. What are my
options with regard to this if I leave the scheme?
Your NHSPS AVC plan is not tied to your main
scheme benefits. So, for example you can retain your main NHS benefits in
the NHS Pension Scheme whilst transferring your NHSPS AVC. This can be
transferred to an existing Free Standing AVC or personal pension/stakeholder
pension provided it has the relevant approval under the Finance Act 2004.
If you have been paying into the NHSPS for
less than two years you will be obliged to take a refund of a lump sum equal to
the realisable value of the investments you have made into the NHS AVC (less
tax).
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