Social Insurance Administration: Old age pension
Which pension fund payments affect TR?
Joint insurance and private pension savings within the minimum contribution affect rights at TR.
Joint insurance
Specified or optional private pension savings
Private pension savings within the minimum contribution – tied private pension savings
It is a good idea to contact your pension funds to get information about your accrued pension fund allowance.
It is mandatory in Iceland to pay into a pension fund, and the minimum contribution is 15.5%. It is most common for the entire minimum contribution of 15.5% to go into joint insurance.
Allowance from joint insurance affects the calculation of rights at TR above the general exemption limit, which is 36.500 ISK per month (438.000 ISK per year).