Money Matters

Current rates of pay, allowances and charges for officers and soldiers, together with financial advice and information on pensions and the financial aspects of resettlement.

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Bullet Point Introduction to Military Pay - Including comparability, AFPRB, the X-Factor and other topics.

Bullet Point Armed Forces Pay Review Board Report -  The Armed Forces Pay Review published their recommendations on 01 Mar 07.

Bullet Point Officers' Pay - Current Rates - Including Regular Commissions.

Bullet Point Soldier's Pay - Current Rates - Including Regular Soldiers, New Entrants, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) and Royal Irish Regiment Soldiers (HSPT).

Bullet Point Pay TA - Current Rates - Rates of Pay for Officers and Other Ranks of the RNR, RMR, TA and the Reserve & Auxiliary Air Forces.

Bullet Point Pay - MPGS - Current Rates - Reasons to stay in the Army

Bullet Point Specialist Pay - All Ranks - Including Pilots and Flying Instructors, Aircrew, Parachutist, Special Forces, Diving, Gurkha Service and Language and other forms of additional pay and allowance

Bullet Point Allowances - Allowances are not a profit or perk. They exist to ensure that you receive appropriate financial recompense for circumstances which cannot be addressed in either basic pay, additional pay or the X-Factor. They focus on the individuals for whom they are properly intended. They provide: Compensation - for financial disadvantage, Reimbursement - for additional duty expenses, or they address particular conditions of service such as Retention.

Bullet Point Accelerated Incremental Progression - Pay 2000 gives individuals the opportunity to gain up to 24 months of Accelerated Incremental Progression (AIP) during a career subject to the attainment of relevant qualifications as determined by the single Services and with the approval of MOD.

Bullet Point Army Common Investment Fund Please note that the Army is not responsible for the content or reliability of external sites on the World Wide Web (WWW) and linking to them should not be considered as an endorsement of any kind. The Army has no control over the availability of the linked pages. - The Army Common Investment Fund (ACIF) is a new Common Investment Fund (CIF)which has been formed exclusively for Armed Forces charities in England and Wales and has been endorsed by the Army Board.

Bullet Point Personal Insurance Matters -  Including the Standard Rate and Lower Rate Service Pensions, the Service Invaliding Pension, the Service Attributable Pension and the Attributable Gratuity.

Bullet Point Attributable Family Pensions and Gratuities - Attributable Family Pension and Attributable Gratuity applicable to widows/widowers and children of officers and soldiers.

Bullet Point Financial Aspects of Resettlement - Current rates of pay, allowances and charges for officers and soldiers, together with financial advice and information on pensions and the financial aspects of resettlement.

Bullet Point Gratuities - Officers - Current Rates - Rates of Short Service Gratuities and Attributable Gratuity.

Bullet Point Loan Service Pay - Officers - Details on Loan Service Pay for Officers.

Bullet Point Loan Service Pay - Soldiers - Details on Loan Service Pay for Soldiers.

Bullet Point Pensions - Introduction -  Armed Forces pensions, including pensions for widows and children, attributable pensions, invaliding pensions.

Bullet Point Pensions - Officers - Current Rates - Rates of Service Retired Pay applicable to officers including chaplains and officers of the Royal Irish (HSFT) on both Compulsory Retirement and Premature Voluntary Retirement (PVR). Also included is Service Invaliding Retired Pay and Service Attributable Retired Pay.

Bullet Point Pensions - Soldiers - Current Rates - Including the Standard Rate and Lower Rate Service Pensions, the Service Invaliding Pension, the Service Attributable Pension and the Attributable Gratuity

Bullet Point Reserve Forces Pension and Compensation Benefits - Current availability to Regulars and the Reserve Forces of Pension and Personal Insurance products, including PAX

Bullet Point Resettlement grants - Current Rates - Provides details of the pension and compensation benefits you and your dependants can receive.

Bullet Point Personal Financial Advice - Current availability to Regulars and the Reserve Forces of Pension and Personal Insurance products, including PAX.

Bullet Point  Savings - Armed Forces - This information is for members of the armed forces and their spouses and civil partners.  It tells you more about your residences status, and how serving overseas can affect your savings in the UK.