Am I still higher rate taxpayer after large pension contribution ?

[Lance]

You are just repeating and confirming what he is saying.

Employer's contributions dont reduce your taxable income, It reduces your Gross income.

I wasn't sure if I misunderstood.

As a point of note. Employer pension contributions do NOT impact gross income either.
They reduce the profit in the company. That may well reduce the amount of cash available for dividends, but that is a secondary consequence, and not always true.

[tl97]

Phone up HMRC and they can adjust your PAYE code for it.

[cojak]

Agreed, but it wasn't clear that when people were referring to "pension contributions" and how it affects tax thresholds, they were referring to personal contributions only.

Very true, that's why I always defer to you chaps on such matters, I'm just not pedantic enough.

[Lance]

Very true, that's why I always defer to you chaps on such matters, I'm just not pedantic enough.

it's not pedantry. It's being picky.

HTH

[Paralytic]

it's not pedantry. It's being picky.

HTH

It's....

HTH