Member Contribution Tier

There may be multiple reasons why users need to verify the tier used to calculate and report the pension contributions of a member:

• Query by member of pension scheme as they could dispute tier used
• End of Year Certificate process is completed on an annual basis by all employers and provides an assurance to the Secretary of State that all contributions due have been correctly paid over to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Management of reporting the correct tier, potentially when creating a delete record when there is a need to submit the service details again and it is important that the details provided are EXACTLY as they were on the original submission
• Review of MCR error file when the Contribution/Service information is incorrect and requires an adjustment to be made to the contribution totals (for example, the wrong contribution tier was applied, or Service details were received after a member's date of death).

The tier used is viewable as a run result on the SOE.