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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
SPECIAL NOTICE
ARMED FORCES PENSION
SCHEME
SERVICE INVALIDING PENSIONS
TAXATION ERROR
Some
invaliding pensions paid to Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force personnel
whose injuries or illnesses were accepted as attributable to their service have
been mistakenly taxed over a period of years.
If you were in the Armed
Forces and you receive either a Service Invaliding Pension (SIP) or a Service
Attributable Pension (SAP) paid under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS)
AND a War Disablement Pension (WDP) paid under the War Pension Scheme, you may
be eligible for a refund of tax paid on your AFPS pension. Widowed spouses or
beneficiaries may also be eligible for a refund with respect to tax paid by the
Service man or woman when he or she was alive.
In order to qualify for
SIP an individual had to be medically discharged from the Armed Forces after
completeing a certain number of qualifying years (before 1945 - 14 Years, 1945
to 1972 - 12 Years, 1973 to 1987 - 5 years, 1988 ot present 2 years). This
refers to service in the Regular Forces and does not include periods in the
Reserve Forces such as the Teritorial Army. If you did not complete this number
of years, you will NOT be eligible for a refund.
The taxation
error does NOT affect those who only receive a WDP. You do not need to
contact the Veterans Agency (formerly the War Pensions Agency) regarding the
taxation of your WDP as these have always been paid tax-free.
What
should you do if you think you may be eligible for a refund or require more
information?
Answer - Contact one of the Armed Forces Pension
Help Lines:
- RN - 02392 702316 / 702220 / 702254
- Army - 0141 224 2351 / 2352 / 2353
- RAF - 01452 712612 Ext 6474 / 6476 / 6477
Or contact the NEW Veterans' Agency website by
clicking on this link
http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk Look
under Service Pensions - Taxation of Service Invaliding Pensions.
Remember - This Agency is here to assist YOU so do not
hesitate to call them if you need help..
The WPA's well-established
call centre is now a helpline for veterans' issues. The new free number, which
replaces the advice unit number, is 0800 169 22 77
(UK only). Callers from abroad should dial +44 1 253 866043 .
It is well worth
bookmarking the Veterans Agency and the
Soldier Magazine websites for easy access
in the future. The Soldier Magazine website
is also a useful resource for matters concerning Retired Soldiers as well as
todays Serving Soldiers.
See for yourself click on the link.
http://www.soldiermagazine.com/ . |
Other Agencies
offering HELP and ADVICE
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The Royal Signals Association 2003
Reunion will be held at Blandford in Dorset on the weekend of 28th - 29th June
2003.
For more information contact:
The General Secretary
Royal Signals
Association
RHQ Royal Signals
Blandford Camp
DORSET DT11 8RH
Tel: 01258 482090 (Members)
Tel: 01258 482089
(Welfare)
Fax: 01258 482084
Email Address:
rhq-rsignals@army.mod.uk
Visit R Signals Army Website
Click here.
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