Fund Forms & Guides

Change of Address form

Whether you are still a contributing member of the Scheme, or you have deferred your pension, we still need to know how to inform you of the value of your benefits. It is therefore very important, that you keep us informed of any change of address you might have.
 
  Download this form (June 2022, PDF, 1 page, 122KB)

Request a Cash Equivalent Transfer Value

If you are joining another pension arrangement, you may wish to consider transferring your Local Government Pension Scheme benefits to it. Your new pension provider will require a Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) quotation from Merseyside Pension Fund, which you need to request by completing this form.

PLEASE NOTE: this form should not be used for a Divorce Enquiry.

 Download this form (January 2024, PDF, 2 pages, 75KB)

Divorce Valuation Request

You will need specific information about your LGPS benefits as part of the proceedings for a divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage, or for dissolution, separation or nullity of a civil partnership. You or your solicitor should contact us for this information, including an estimate of the cash equivalent value (CEV) of your pension rights. The Court will take this value into account in your settlement.

You usually get one free CEV estimate each year. Any other costs for supplying information or complying with a Court Order will be recovered from you and/or your ex-spouse or ex-civil partner in accordance with the Fund's charging policy.

 Download this form (October 2018, PDF, 1 page, 24KB)

Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure - Guide for Members

This guide provides straightforward guidance to how the internal dispute resolution procedures operate in the Local Government Pension Scheme and is provided for general information only. It does not cover every aspect. It is not an interpretation of the scheme regulations.
 
 Download this guide (March 2021, PDF, 15 pages, 418kb)

Scheme Pays Election Form - Mandatory Basis

Please complete this form if you want Merseyside Pension Fund to pay some or all your annual allowance tax charge on a mandatory basis. We can only pay tax charges to HMRC that relate to pension savings made with the Fund.
 
 Download this form (August 2020, PDF, 1 pages, 173KB)

Scheme Pays Election Form - Voluntary Basis

Please complete this form if you want Merseyside Pension Fund to pay some or all your annual allowance tax charge on a voluntary basis. We can only pay tax charges to HMRC that relate to pension savings made with the Fund.
 
 Download this form (September 2020, PDF, 1 pages, 172KB)
 

Factsheet - The Annual Allowance

HM Revenue and Customs impose two controls on the amount of pension savings you can make without having to pay extra tax. These controls are known as the Annual Allowance and Lifetime Allowance. This is in addition to any income tax you pay on your pension once
it is in payment.
 
This factsheet looks at the Annual Allowance which is the amount by which the value of your pension benefits may increase in any one year without you having to pay a tax charge.
 
 Download the Annual Allowance Factsheet (May 2023, PDF, 9 pages, 144kb)

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