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Repository creating UK microdata.
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Add pension contribution splits #30

Open nikhilwoodruff opened 4 hours ago

nikhilwoodruff commented 4 hours ago

We should be taking:

Just confirmed that the latest FRS seems in line with both personal and employee totals below:

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Employer pensions aren't in the FRS or the SPI, so we're going to have to impute them. I'd suggest that we follow, as a first approach for now, the percentage match from the data above: employer contributions are 160% of employee contributions.

vahid-ahmadi commented 3 hours ago

"However, by law, you and your staff have to pay a minimum amount into your scheme. This is set at 8% of your member of staff's earnings. You, the employer, must pay at least 3% of this, but you can choose to pay more."

It says almost the same. For the estimation, 160% of employee contributions are ok.