Tax on benefits pensions and maintenance

How benefits are taxed

Which social security benefits are taxable and which aren't, how they're taxed and why you should tell your Tax Office about the benefits you get

Your State Pension counts as taxable income but you only pay tax on it if your overall income is above a certain level

How you pay tax on a deferred State Pension - whether taken as a lump sum or income

How retirement annuities (personal pensions set up before July 1988) are taxed and how to check you didn't overpay in earlier years

How you pay tax on an occupational or private pension or a pension received from abroad

Check whether your estate will have to pay tax if you pass on a pension, or what tax you’ll pay if you inherit a pension

Paying or receiving maintenance and/or child maintenance payments, what you need to show on your tax return and where to get help