Your Precise AE Staging Date

Your staging date is when your automatic enrolment duties come into force and is based on the total number of people in your PAYE scheme. You will need your PAYE reference to find out your staging date.

• your company name
• your staging date
• the name and email address of your company pension manager.

Please note: You can find your PAYE reference on a P6 / P9 coding notice or on your P30BC yellow payslip booklet.

How to find out your staging date The Pensions Regulator will write to tell you what your staging date is 12 months in advance of it. But you can also find out now by using their staging date calculator. It’s worth doing this as soon as possible, as it can take a long time to analysis and update your pension, developments and systems.