EPN183 - Accruing Superannuation Liability Charges (ASLCs)/Revised salary bands to be implemented by Employers from 2008-09

Date posted: 01/07/2007

Audience:

• Finance Directors
• HR or Finance Managers with specific responsibility for telling payroll providers each year about changes to the salary bands on which ASLC charges are based

Action: You must notify your payroll provider now of the revised ASLC salary bands which take effect from 1 April 2008.

Timing: Immediate

ASLCs

1. ASLCs are the contributions paid by employers to Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation every month. The contributions represent the cost of the pensions building up for staff who are members of the Civil Service pension arrangements.
2. The table overleaf shows the annual full time salary band used to determine the appropriate charge for each scheme member. The revised salary bands take effect from 1 April 2008. Employers must pay the full and correct ASLC by the 19th calendar day of the month following the payroll date for every scheme member. They are also required by statute to pay the members contribution by the same date. Employers must always pay the ASLC and the members’ contributions together.

Note 1 The salary bands for 2008-09 have been revalorised on the advice of the Scheme Actuary, Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow.

Note 2 The mini-ASLC for the provision of risk benefits to those opting for partnership pension account arrangements remains at 0.8%.

Employers’ Pension Guide

3. Updated pages of Section 3.5 of the EPG will be issued in April 2008 to include the revised salary bands.

Reference

EPN 77, 94, 128, 144, 148, 167

Contacts:

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