Registry number
- 1995 and 2008 Section - 10085760
- 2015 Scheme - 12011004.
Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax reference
948/401.
The Employer Pension Scheme Reference (EPSR)
This is your 4-digit employing authority (EA) code.
Employers contracting out number (ECON)
E3900000M.
If you’re a Direction employer, refer to the terms and conditions in your direction document to check if you have your own ECON.
Pension Scheme Tax Reference (PSTR)
- 1995 and 2008 Section - 00328820RJ
- 2015 Scheme - 00820574RJ
- NHS Money Purchase Additional Voluntary Contributions (MP AVC) - 00328923RA.
This is requested by the receiving scheme if you’re making a transfer out of the NHS Pension Scheme.
If you have an Annual Allowance (AA) charge, you need the PSTR to complete your self assessment tax return.
You must tell HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) about your pension input amount and liability to the AA charge. If your total pension input amount is more than your AA charge, use the SA101 Supplementary Additional Information form of the tax return to confirm this.
If you’re a member of more than one NHS Pension Scheme you can only enter one AA charge and one PSTR. If you want more than one Scheme to pay your charge you must add together the charges from each scheme and add one PSTR.
In the ‘Additional Information’ you must include the AA charge for each Scheme and provide the PSTR.