HMRC Pension Scheme Services Customer Forum met on 25 November 2009. Aries was present as usual. Here is an updated report of the meeting, including developments in the run-up to Christmas. Official Minutes have yet to appear*. The following subjects were discussed:

• Regulations
• RPSM Update
• Higher-rate tax relief restriction
• Pension Schemes Online
• Scheme Sanction Charge
• Event Reports: Unauthorised Payments
• Normal Minimum Pension Age
• Trivial Commutation
• Section 272 (liability as Scheme Administrator)
• Website review

*The Minutes were published on 15 February 2010 and include updates on several agenda items, eg the process for paying a scheme sanction charge in advance of a formal HMRC assessment.