Retirement Pensions

[davidmarsden]

my dutch friend has lived and worked in England since he was 16 years old.
he has now retired and receives a british pension.he has now been informed from the dutch government that he may be entitled to a dutch pension.
can he claim both pensions.

[Peter Pedant]

yes definitely

in terms of tax he should declare it on a British tax form as there is no doubt a tax treaty between Holland and us - so long as he is still here

[factor-fiction]

Does he receive pension credit on top of his state pension? It may be that he'd have to declare his Dutch pension here and that may mean he'd no longer get our pension credit

[oschilds]

How old is your friend?.
I was born in Holland but came away when I was less than a month old and worked in the UK.
Oddly enough I have a friend who was born in Germany but was bought to the UK when he was about a month old.
He got called for German National Service but he was working for a UK bank at the time.
If he had been working for an employer in Germany the employer would have had to keep his job open but there was no such obligation in the UK.
My friend did not even speak German and fortunately the German authorities used some common sense and exempted him.
He would have been of little use to them anyway.

Oschilds