Question...if someone joins and does eg 20 years service, assuming same salary for entire 20 years, pension is 20/80 ie 25% of average salary.
But the contributory pension is included in this. So eg 100k average salary, 25k pension of which 12.5k is contributory? Or does the pension included in this get prorated as well?
Or is this the disadvantage of joining the public service for <40 years, ie ratio of contributory to occupational pension is higher with less service?
Yes. Has anyone seen any computations for what these contributions would entitle people too, eg. For a 30k salary or 50k salary. I've seen no mention anywhere of what people can expect to get out of this.This new Auto Enrollment is aimed at those not already members of an Occupational Pension Scheme. These are predominantly workers in Retail, Hospitality and those in SME's.
Thank you.If you pay tax at 40% and your employer will match your pension contributions, you're better off in a traditional pension scheme. If you pay tax at the lower rate of tax, the auto-enrolment scheme is better. The auto-enrolment scheme doesn't seem to have any facility to vary your contributions. There's a lot of discussion of the auto-enrolment scheme on Askaboutmoney here.
I am uploading a 2024 updated and more refined version of the pay calculator I uploaded last year. It calculates correctly for me and a few of my colleagues (within a few cent for some, and within a euro or two for others). Just to note this is only for Post 2013 recruits to the public service.I was thinking about re-doing this thread when I have time to simplify the first post and capture some of the main points of discussion that have arisen in the interim.
Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I just wanted to say thanks for making this.Considering @Ent319 's idea to (maybe) re-do this thread
I am uploading a 2024 updated and more refined version of the pay calculator I uploaded last year. It calculates correctly for me and a few of my colleagues (within a few cent for some, and within a euro or two for others). Just to note this is only for Post 2013 recruits to the public service.
Considering this is a pension related thread, I have also included a quick calculation in it that will show the maximum amount you could contribute via AVC to attract tax relief for your age range accounting for your standard contributions already made through payroll to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (SPSPS).
I believe some of the formula in this spreadsheet will only work in Excel 2019 and later versions.
I don't think so. Uprating for people under the old scheme is determined by the wages paid to people in equivalent grades who are currently working.
This was true in the past but may not always be the case. The war in the Ukraine's showed how fragile global supply chains are and the impact this can have on inflation. Also, maybe as single scheme members become the majority in unions they'll negotiate better deals for single scheme members (e.g. via bonuses, which may not count as salary and may not lead to uprating for old scheme members!)
This is my take, yes. That pension will grow tax free for decades. If it's in a good fund it could grow at 8%.
Compare that to spending the money now to buy an annuity. The annuity will only ever grow at the rate of inflation. So if you think the stock market can beat inflation it makes sense to keep the pension / invest in AVCs and decide whether to transfer over later.
There aren't any particular requirements if one wants to make AVCs as part of the single scheme. Most orgs will be signed up to an AVC scheme. Many are on the Forsa Scheme sold by Cornmarket. It's got decent rates. 0% contributes fees and an AMC of 1% on 0-40,000, 0.75% on 40,000 to 140,000, and 0.5% thereafter. Cornmarket's default funds are crap - you can select the other Irish life funds.
beautfan is correct as to why it's set that way. The reason I have used 26.09 is because that's what my particular payroll department uses for calculating fortnightly pay. So it's the most accurate representation of a payroll calculator for me. I believe that most centralised payrolls within the public service also use a similar figure rather than a flat 26. This accounts for the leap year and week 53 (or fortnight 27) scenarios that occur every 13/14 years for fortnightly paid staff.I think it has the unfortunate side effect of breaking a typical fortnightly pay for the sake for being correct over a 4 year period but I'm thankful for the calculator regardless.