invest.pension-annual-allowance Unreviewed
UK pension annual allowance for a tax year with taper, MPAA and three-year carry-forward, and the excess charged.
1.0.1 · published 2026-10-03 by charlie · Anterra
Pinned by 22 tests, run in TypeScript, Python and Rust.
Unreviewed. This capability’s implementations agree in every language and pass its published test vectors, which were worked out from the official sources cited. But no qualified pensions tax specialist has yet checked those vectors, or confirmed that the capability covers the cases it claims. Treat it as a draft. Do not use it for real people, money or decisions without your own expert review. Once a qualified reviewer signs off, this notice is replaced with their name, qualification and the date. Each new version needs fresh sign-off.
Not professional advice. This capability calculates investment figures from published rules. It is a software component for developers, not financial advice. Rules change and every rate here has an effective date. Check that the dates cover your case. Verify results against the official sources listed in its README, and have a pensions tax specialist review how you use it, before anyone relies on the output. Provided “as is” under its licence, without warranty.
What it does
**Status: needs review by a tax professional before it is published.**
The UK pension annual allowance for a tax year, after the taper and the money purchase annual allowance (MPAA), the unused allowance carried forward from the three previous tax years, and the amount subject to the annual allowance charge. The charge itself is income tax at the member's marginal rate on that excess, which is left to an income tax calculation.
For example
pension_annual_allowance(2025-10-01, money purchase input £30,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £100,000.00, adjusted income £100,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3)→ tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £30,000.00, basis standard, … 2025/26 inside the £60,000: nothing carried forward is touchedpension_annual_allowance(2025-10-01, money purchase input £20,000.00, other input £100,000.00, threshold income £100,000.00, adjusted income £180,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3)→ tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £120,000.00, basis standard,… £120,000 uses £60,000 of carry-forward, the earliest year firstpension_annual_allowance(2025-10-01, money purchase input £200,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £150,000.00, adjusted income £250,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3)→ tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £200,000.00, basis standard,… £200,000 exhausts all three years and leaves £10,000 excess
The function
The same function in TypeScript, Python and Rust, pinned by the same tests. Pick your language; the choice follows you around the registry.
def pension_annual_allowance(tax_year_date: str, current: PensionInputYear, previous_years: Sequence[PensionInputYear]) -> AnnualAllowanceResult
| tax_year_date | date | any date in the tax year being tested |
| current | PensionInputYear | that tax year's pension inputs and income |
| previous_years | PensionInputYear[] | the tax years before it, oldest first, ending with the year just before; at least three |
| returns | AnnualAllowanceResult |
The types it declares, generated into your project
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class PensionInputYear:
"""One tax year's pension input amounts and the incomes the taper tests."""
#: money purchase input tested against the MPAA: from the trigger on, or all of it
money_purchase_input: Money
#: every other pension input amount: defined benefits, cash balance, money purchase before the trigger
other_input: Money
threshold_income: Money
adjusted_income: Money
#: the money purchase annual allowance applied in the year
mpaa_applies: bool
#: a member of a registered pension scheme at some time in the year
member: bool
ChargeBasis = Literal["standard", "alternative"]
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class CarryForwardYear:
"""Unused allowance from one earlier tax year."""
tax_year: str
#: the allowance tested: tapered, or the alternative allowance in an MPAA year
allowance: Money
#: the input tested against it
input: Money
#: 0 in a year without scheme membership
unused: Money
#: taken by excesses in later earlier years, earliest first
used_by_later_years: Money
#: taken by the year being tested
used_this_year: Money
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class AnnualAllowanceResult:
"""The allowance, the carry-forward and the excess subject to the annual allowance charge."""
tax_year: str
standard_allowance: Money
#: after any taper
allowance: Money
tapered: bool
#: null unless the MPAA applies
money_purchase_allowance: Optional[Money]
#: null unless money purchase inputs exceed the MPAA
alternative_allowance: Optional[Money]
total_input: Money
#: alternative when the MPAA computation gives the larger charge
basis: ChargeBasis
#: the three tax years before, oldest first
carry_forward: List[CarryForwardYear]
carry_forward_available: Money
carry_forward_used: Money
#: the amount subject to the annual allowance charge
excess: Money
Your code names it in one line, in the file that uses it
from fune.invest.pension_annual_allowance import pension_annual_allowance # invest.pension-annual-allowance@^1
Imports name this capability’s declared dependencies, which fune builds next to it in your project; each one links to its page.
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Sequence, Tuple
from .dates_uk_tax_year import uk_tax_year ← from dates.uk-tax-year ^1.0.0 · built alongside by fune
from .invest_pension_annual_allowance_data import ANNUAL_ALLOWANCE_RULES, ANNUAL_ALLOWANCE_RULES_HISTORY, ANNUAL_ALLOWANCE_RULES_HORIZON ← this capability’s own data, compiled from data/annual-allowance.json into the same file by fune build
from .invest_pension_annual_allowance_types import AnnualAllowanceResult, CarryForwardYear, PensionInputYear
from .money_amount import Money ← from money.amount ^1.0.0 · built alongside by fune
def _gbp(minor: int) -> Money:
return Money(minor=minor, currency="GBP")
def _check_money(value: Money, name: str, label: str) -> int:
if value.currency != "GBP":
raise ValueError("%s must be in GBP, received %s for %s" % (name, value.currency, label))
minor = value.minor
if isinstance(minor, bool) or not isinstance(minor, int) or minor < 0:
raise ValueError(
"%s must be a whole number of pence, not negative, received %s for %s" % (name, minor, label)
)
return minor
def _rule_for(start_year: int) -> Tuple[Any, str]:
start = "%04d-04-06" % (start_year,)
label = uk_tax_year(start).label
for rule in ANNUAL_ALLOWANCE_RULES:
if rule.valid_from <= start and (rule.valid_to is None or start <= rule.valid_to):
return rule, label
why = ""
horizon = ANNUAL_ALLOWANCE_RULES_HORIZON
if horizon is not None and start < horizon:
why = (
": this build was installed with history=%s, so it only carries rules from %s. "
"Reinstall with history=full for earlier years." % (ANNUAL_ALLOWANCE_RULES_HISTORY, horizon)
)
raise ValueError("no annual allowance rules for the %s tax year%s" % (label, why))
def _test(start_year: int, year: PensionInputYear, carry_forward: int) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""How one tax year comes out against its own allowance, given the
carry-forward it can reach."""
rule, label = _rule_for(start_year)
mp = _check_money(year.money_purchase_input, "moneyPurchaseInput", label)
other = _check_money(year.other_input, "otherInput", label)
threshold = _check_money(year.threshold_income, "thresholdIncome", label)
adjusted = _check_money(year.adjusted_income, "adjustedIncome", label)
total = mp + other
if not year.member and total > 0:
raise ValueError("pension inputs in %s need membership of a registered pension scheme in that year" % (label,))
# Taper: 1 pound off for every 2 of adjusted income over the limit, rounded
# down to a whole pound, when threshold income is also over its limit.
allowance = rule.annual_allowance
tapered = threshold > rule.threshold_income and adjusted > rule.adjusted_income
if tapered:
reduction = (adjusted - rule.adjusted_income) // 200 * 100
allowance = max(rule.minimum_tapered_allowance, allowance - reduction)
out: Dict[str, Any] = {"label": label, "standard": rule.annual_allowance, "allowance": allowance, "tapered": tapered, "total": total}
default_used = min(carry_forward, max(0, total - allowance))
default_excess = max(0, total - allowance - default_used)
if year.mpaa_applies and mp > rule.money_purchase_allowance:
# Carry-forward can top up the alternative allowance, never the MPAA.
alternative = max(0, allowance - rule.money_purchase_allowance)
alt_used = min(carry_forward, max(0, other - alternative))
alt_excess = mp - rule.money_purchase_allowance + max(0, other - alternative - alt_used)
use_alternative = alt_excess > default_excess
out.update(
mpaa=rule.money_purchase_allowance,
alternative=alternative,
basis="alternative" if use_alternative else "standard",
carry_forward_used=alt_used if use_alternative else default_used,
excess=alt_excess if use_alternative else default_excess,
unused=max(0, alternative - other) if year.member else 0,
tested_allowance=alternative,
tested_input=other,
)
return out
out.update(
mpaa=rule.money_purchase_allowance if year.mpaa_applies else None,
alternative=None,
basis="standard",
carry_forward_used=default_used,
excess=default_excess,
unused=max(0, allowance - total) if year.member else 0,
tested_allowance=allowance,
tested_input=total,
)
return out
def _available(entry: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
return entry["unused"] - entry["used_by_later_years"] - entry["used_this_year"]
def _consume(entries: List[Dict[str, Any]], amount: int, field: str) -> None:
"""Take `amount` from the entries' unused allowance, earliest year first."""
left = amount
for entry in entries:
take = min(left, _available(entry))
entry[field] += take
left -= take
def pension_annual_allowance(
tax_year_date: str, current: PensionInputYear, previous_years: Sequence[PensionInputYear]
) -> AnnualAllowanceResult:
"""The annual allowance for a UK tax year, and how much of the year's
pension input amounts is subject to the annual allowance charge.
The earlier years are replayed oldest first, because an excess in one of
them uses up unused allowance from the years before it (earliest first),
and that is allowance the year being tested can no longer carry forward.
A year's own allowance is used before any carried forward; carry-forward
is then taken from the earliest of the three previous years first.
"""
year = uk_tax_year(tax_year_date)
start_year = int(year.start[:4])
if len(previous_years) < 3:
raise ValueError(
"previousYears must hold at least the three tax years before this one, oldest first, received %d"
% (len(previous_years),)
)
ledger: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
for i, previous in enumerate(previous_years):
window = ledger[max(0, i - 3) : i]
result = _test(start_year - len(previous_years) + i, previous, sum(_available(e) for e in window))
_consume(window, result["carry_forward_used"], "used_by_later_years")
ledger.append(
{
"tax_year": result["label"],
"allowance": result["tested_allowance"],
"input": result["tested_input"],
"unused": result["unused"],
"used_by_later_years": 0,
"used_this_year": 0,
}
)
window = ledger[-3:]
carry_forward_available = sum(_available(e) for e in window)
result = _test(start_year, current, carry_forward_available)
_consume(window, result["carry_forward_used"], "used_this_year")
carry_forward = [
CarryForwardYear(
tax_year=e["tax_year"],
allowance=_gbp(e["allowance"]),
input=_gbp(e["input"]),
unused=_gbp(e["unused"]),
used_by_later_years=_gbp(e["used_by_later_years"]),
used_this_year=_gbp(e["used_this_year"]),
)
for e in window
]
return AnnualAllowanceResult(
tax_year=result["label"],
standard_allowance=_gbp(result["standard"]),
allowance=_gbp(result["allowance"]),
tapered=result["tapered"],
money_purchase_allowance=None if result["mpaa"] is None else _gbp(result["mpaa"]),
alternative_allowance=None if result["alternative"] is None else _gbp(result["alternative"]),
total_input=_gbp(result["total"]),
basis=result["basis"],
carry_forward=carry_forward,
carry_forward_available=_gbp(carry_forward_available),
carry_forward_used=_gbp(result["carry_forward_used"]),
excess=_gbp(result["excess"]),
)Install
fune build
With that line in your source, in a Python project (language python in fune.project), fune build resolves it and its 2 dependencies, pins them in fune.lock, downloads only the Python package of each, and builds the code above into your project’s .fune/build, one readable file per capability with a header linking back here. Or pin a range in fune.project and build in one step:
fune add invest.pension-annual-allowance
The manifest, vectors and README with only the Python implementation. Install it without the registry with fune add ./invest.pension-annual-allowance-1.0.1-python.fune, or fetch it from a terminal with fune pull invest.pension-annual-allowance@1.0.1:python.
The whole function, every language, is one file too: invest.pension-annual-allowance-1.0.1.fune, 118,697 bytes, sha256 5a850274af383b621252b3e7f98e34e868219345132c2d46c5c8d93741546d06. It installs into a project of any language.
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# fune: before invest.pension-annual-allowance
after — your function gets the result and the arguments, and returns the final result.
# fune: after invest.pension-annual-allowance
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# fune: replace dates.uk-tax-year in invest.pension-annual-allowance
# fune: replace money.amount in invest.pension-annual-allowance
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# fune: step invest.pension-annual-allowance after <n|label>
Tests
A version published now needs at least 8 tests for every function, and one that expects the error for each function that throws; the registry refuses it otherwise. fune verify --all runs each case in TypeScript, Python and Rust, and a project runs them again with fune verify. This page lists the cases; it does not run them. The exact JSON is vectors.json.
| Case | Arguments | Expected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 inside the £60,000: nothing carried forward is touched | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £30,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £100,000.00, adjusted income £100,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £30,000.00, basis standard, … |
| £120,000 uses £60,000 of carry-forward, the earliest year first | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £20,000.00, other input £100,000.00, threshold income £100,000.00, adjusted income £180,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £120,000.00, basis standard,… |
| £200,000 exhausts all three years and leaves £10,000 excess | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £200,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £150,000.00, adjusted income £250,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £200,000.00, basis standard,… |
| taper: adjusted income £300,000 takes £20,000 off | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £50,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £250,000.00, adjusted income £300,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £40,000.00, tapered true, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £50,000.00, basis standard, c… |
| taper stops at the £10,000 minimum | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £10,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £300,000.00, adjusted income £400,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £10,000.00, tapered true, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £10,000.00, basis standard, c… |
| threshold income of exactly £200,000 is not over the limit: no taper | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £60,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £200,000.00, adjusted income £300,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £60,000.00, basis standard, … |
| taper reduction is rounded down to a whole pound: £3 over gives £1 off | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £0.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £210,000.00, adjusted income £260,003.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £59,999.00, tapered true, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £0.00, basis standard, carry … |
| 2021/22 taper floor was £4,000 | 2021-10-01, money purchase input £4,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £300,000.00, adjusted income £400,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2021/22, standard allowance £40,000.00, allowance £4,000.00, tapered true, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £4,000.00, basis standard, car… |
| a tapered earlier year carries forward against its own reduced allowance | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £90,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £150,000.00, adjusted income £150,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £90,000.00, basis standard, … |
| an excess in an earlier year has already used the oldest unused allowance | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £90,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £150,000.00, adjusted income £150,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £90,000.00, basis standard, … |
Show the other 12 tests
| Case | Arguments | Expected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| with five earlier years given, that excess takes the oldest year's allowance first | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £90,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £150,000.00, adjusted income £150,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×5 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £90,000.00, basis standard, … |
| no carry-forward from a year without scheme membership | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £100,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £150,000.00, adjusted income £150,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £100,000.00, basis standard,… |
| MPAA: £15,000 of money purchase input is £5,000 over, and carry-forward cannot cover it | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £15,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £50,000.00, adjusted income £50,000.00, mpaa applies true, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance £10,000.00, alternative allowance £50,000.00, total input £15,000.00… |
| MPAA applies but is not exceeded: the ordinary test | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £8,000.00, other input £50,000.00, threshold income £50,000.00, adjusted income £50,000.00, mpaa applies true, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance £10,000.00, alternative allowance —, total input £58,000.00, basis s… |
| MPAA exceeded and defined benefits over the alternative allowance: carry-forward tops up the alternative only | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £20,000.00, other input £70,000.00, threshold income £100,000.00, adjusted income £190,000.00, mpaa applies true, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance £10,000.00, alternative allowance £50,000.00, total input £90,000.00… |
| an earlier MPAA year carries forward the alternative allowance less other inputs | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £90,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £150,000.00, adjusted income £150,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | tax year 2025/26, standard allowance £60,000.00, allowance £60,000.00, tapered false, money purchase allowance —, alternative allowance —, total input £90,000.00, basis standard, … |
| fewer than three earlier years is refused | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £0.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £50,000.00, adjusted income £50,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×2 | → | error: previousYears must hold at least the three tax years before this one |
| years before 2016/17 are not covered | 2018-10-01, money purchase input £0.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £50,000.00, adjusted income £50,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | error: no annual allowance rules for the 2015/16 tax year |
| inputs in a year without membership are refused | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £1,000.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £50,000.00, adjusted income £50,000.00, mpaa applies false, member false, previous years ×3 | → | error: pension inputs in 2025/26 need membership of a registered pension scheme |
| amounts must be in sterling | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £0.00, other input €1.00, threshold income £50,000.00, adjusted income £50,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | error: otherInput must be in GBP |
| negative inputs are refused | 2025-10-01, money purchase input -£0.01, other input £0.00, threshold income £50,000.00, adjusted income £50,000.00, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | error: moneyPurchaseInput must be a whole number of pence, not negative |
| fractional pence are refused | 2025-10-01, money purchase input £0.00, other input £0.00, threshold income £50,000.00, adjusted income £100..5, mpaa applies false, member true, previous years ×3 | → | error: adjustedIncome must be a whole number of pence, not negative |
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## How it is worked out
- **Allowance.** The standard annual allowance for the year. If threshold income is over its limit *and* adjusted income is over its limit, it is reduced by £1 for every £2 of adjusted income over the limit, the reduction rounded down to a whole pound, but not below the minimum tapered allowance (PTM057100). Both tests are "more than", so exactly £200,000 of threshold income is not tapered. - **Carry-forward.** Unused allowance of each of the three previous tax years can be carried forward, if the member belonged to a registered pension scheme at some time in that year. The current year's allowance is used first, then the earliest previous year's unused allowance (PTM055100). - **Earlier excesses.** An excess in one of the previous years will already have used unused allowance from the years before it, earliest first (PTM055200). So the previous years are replayed oldest first. Pass more than three years, oldest first, to replay further back; the oldest year you pass is assumed to have had nothing of its own to carry forward. - **MPAA.** When the MPAA applies and money purchase input (from the trigger on) is over it, the rest of the inputs are tested against the alternative annual allowance, the (tapered) allowance less the MPAA. Carry-forward can top up the alternative allowance but never the MPAA. The amount charged is the greater of the alternative chargeable amount (money purchase over the MPAA plus other inputs over the alternative allowance) and the default one (all inputs over the allowance) (PTM056510, PTM056540). A year like that carries forward the alternative allowance less its other inputs (PTM055100).
`moneyPurchaseInput` is the money purchase input tested against the MPAA: all of it in a year after the trigger, only the part after the trigger event in the year it happens. Everything else (defined benefit and cash balance inputs, and money purchase input before the trigger) is `otherInput`. When the MPAA does not apply the split does not matter.
## Rules data
`data/annual-allowance.json`, from 2016/17 (the first year of the taper), so the year tested must be 2019/20 or later to have three earlier years.
| Tax years | Allowance | Taper: threshold / adjusted income | Minimum | MPAA | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2016/17 | £40,000 | £110,000 / £150,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 | | 2017/18 to 2019/20 | £40,000 | £110,000 / £150,000 | £10,000 | £4,000 | | 2020/21 to 2022/23 | £40,000 | £200,000 / £240,000 | £4,000 | £4,000 | | 2023/24 on | £60,000 | £200,000 / £260,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 |
## Out of scope
Working out pension input amounts (defined benefit growth, the opening value revaluation, deferred members), threshold and adjusted income themselves, the 2015/16 transitional rules, scheme pays, the lifetime allowance, and individuals who are in more than one MPAA-related circumstance in a year beyond the split described above.
## Sources
Read on 2026-09-23:
- GOV.UK, "Tax on your private pension contributions: Annual allowance" (£60,000; taper over £200,000 threshold and £260,000 adjusted income; carry-forward from the previous 3 tax years): https://www.gov.uk/tax-on-your-private-pension/annual-allowance - HMRC Pensions Tax Manual PTM051100, "Annual allowance: essential principles" (£40,000 from 2014/15, £60,000 from 2023/24): https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/pensions-tax-manual/ptm051100 - PTM057100, "Tapered annual allowance" (thresholds and minimums by year; £1 for every £2, rounded down to the nearest £1): https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/pensions-tax-manual/ptm057100 - PTM056540, "Money purchase annual allowance: trigger event occurs during tax year 2016-17 or a later tax year" (MPAA £10,000 2016/17, £4,000 2017/18 to 2022/23, £10,000 from 2023/24; alternative and default chargeable amounts): https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/pensions-tax-manual/ptm056540 - PTM056510, "Money purchase annual allowance" (carry-forward is added to the alternative annual allowance; taper reduces it): https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/pensions-tax-manual/ptm056510 - PTM055100, "Carry forward" (order of use, membership, tapered and MPAA years): https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/pensions-tax-manual/ptm055100 - PTM055200, "Carry forward: calculating unused annual allowance" (earlier excesses use earlier unused allowance first): https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/pensions-tax-manual/ptm055200
## What a reviewer should check
- How much carry-forward an MPAA year consumes when the default chargeable amount is chosen (here: whatever the default computation used). - The tie rule: when the alternative and default chargeable amounts are equal, the default (standard) basis is reported. - Assuming nothing carried into the oldest year passed.
## Before you rely on this
**Not professional advice.** This capability calculates investment figures from published rules. It is a software component for developers, not financial advice. Rules change and every rate here has an effective date. Check that the dates cover your case. Verify results against the official sources listed above, and have a pensions tax specialist review how you use it, before anyone relies on the output. Provided "as is" under its licence, without warranty.
**Unreviewed.** This capability's implementations agree in every language and pass its published test vectors, which were worked out from the official sources cited. But no qualified pensions tax specialist has yet checked those vectors, or confirmed that the capability covers the cases it claims. Treat it as a draft. Do not use it for real people, money or decisions without your own expert review. Once a qualified reviewer signs off, this notice is replaced with their name, qualification and the date. Each new version needs fresh sign-off.
## Notices
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
1.0.1 marks it unreviewed and adds its attribution notices (NOTICE). The code and the tests are unchanged.
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