Having worked as a pensions administrator myself many moons ago, I remember all the calculations that can be involved (I started making up spreadsheets on lotus 123 in those days!). Thankfully there now exists online calculators namely;
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to aid date/age calculations, to aid a lot of the work in calculating age attained, next, nearer for whole, half, quarter age, etc
Compound interest, straight (1+i)^n tables not needed now, with the scientific calculator on your pc. just go into;
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Fraction calculations (for formula benefits in final salary schemes) can be quickened by visiting
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Hope this is helpful to people who have these calculations to perform and have internet access at work.
richard