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Funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes (FURBS)
Practical Law UK Glossary 2-201-2613
(Approx. 4 pages)
Glossary
Funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes (FURBS)
Now known as
employer-financed retirement benefit schemes (EFRBS)
, unapproved
occupational pension schemes
that employers used to set up to provide top-up benefits for employees who were caught by the
pensions cap
. No new FURBS can be set up since 6 April 2005. The employer entered into a contractual commitment to pay a pension at retirement, and made payments to fund that pension promise. FURBS were not capable of being approved by
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
, and attracted only limited tax relief. See also
Unfunded unapproved retirement benefit schemes
.