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by cs95tdg » Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:22 pm
As stated before your Gross salary refers to your pay before any deductions. Here deductions could be any one of the following: NI, Income Tax, Pensions Contributions you make etc .... Different employers offer different taxable benefits. The fact that your pension is classified as a benefit provided by your employer, does not mean that the amount you contribute towards your pension, is not part of your Gross Pay. It's a % of your gross pay that you contribute to your pension.
The reason I said you can claim points for your earnings before your pension contributions are deducted if you wish, is because there is nothing to say you must claim points for all your earnings. Some people don't have their pension contributions mentioned in their payslips, so find it easier to claim points for their earnings after pension deductions, to keep the evidence simple, unless they need all earnings to qualify (in which case they would need to get a letter from their employer as evidence instead of using their payslips).
I have always claimed points for my gross pay, which included pension contributions when making my T1G applications. If you need a reference, the first step would be to read the T1G application form guidance & immigration rules to understand the specifics.
