I don’t think that’s quite right, nannarose.
It’s true that the State Pension is paid untaxed, but it is discounted against your personal allowance.
Eg, Personal tax free allowance = £11850
If your State Pension is £6000, you can then receive another £5850 from other sources (private or occupational pensions) before you start paying tax at the basic rate on the remainder of the private or occupational pension.
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I will be retiring within the next couple years and I was wondering if pensions count as income the same as my job currently does. I've looked at sites like this 
