Chapter 3U.K.Taxable UK social security benefits
660Taxable benefits: UK benefits – Table AU.K.
(1)This is Table A—
TABLE A
TAXABLE UK BENEFITS
Social security benefit | Payable under | |
---|---|---|
F1. . . | F1. . . | F1. . . |
F1. . . | ||
Bereavement allowance | F2. . . | F2. . . |
F3. . . | F3. . . | |
Carer’s allowance | SSCBA 1992 | Section 70 |
SSCB(NI)A 1992 | Section 70 | |
[F4Carer's allowance supplement | SS(S)A 2018 | [F5Section 81]] |
[F6Carer support payment | CA(CSP)(S)R 2023 | Regulation 3] |
[F7[F8Employment and support allowance] | WRA 2007 | Section 1(2)(a) |
Any provision made for Northern Ireland which corresponds to section 1(2)(a) of WRA 2007] | ||
Incapacity benefit | SSCBA 1992 | Section 30A(1) or (5), 40 or 41 |
SSCB(NI)A 1992 | Section 30A(1) or (5), 40 or 41 | |
Income support | SSCBA 1992 | Section 124 |
SSCB(NI)A 1992 | Section 123 | |
Jobseeker’s allowance | JSA 1995 | Section 1 |
JS(NI)O 1995 | Article 3 | |
[F9[F10Statutory] paternity pay | SSCBA 1992 | Section 171ZA or 171ZB |
Any provision made for Northern Ireland which corresponds to section 171ZA or 171ZB of SSCBA 1992.] | ||
Statutory adoption pay | SSCBA 1992 | Section 171ZL |
Any provision made for Northern Ireland which corresponds to section 171ZL of SSCBA 1992 | ||
Statutory maternity pay | SSCBA 1992 | Section 164 |
SSCB(NI)A 1992 | Section 160 | |
[F11Statutory shared parental pay | SSCBA 1992 Any provision made for Northern Ireland which corresponds to section 171ZU or 171ZV of SSCBA 1992 | Section 171ZU or 171ZV] |
[F12Statutory parental bereavement pay | SSCBA 1992 Any provision made for Northern Ireland which corresponds to section 171ZZ6 of SSCBA 1992 | Section 171ZZ6] |
F13. . . | F13. . . | F13. . . |
Statutory sick pay | SSCBA 1992 | Section 151 |
SSCB(NI)A 1992 | Section 147. | |
[F14Welfare supplementary payment payable pursuant to the loss of carer’s allowance | WSP(LCP)R(NI) 2016 | Regulation 4 |
Welfare supplementary payment payable pursuant to the loss of contributory employment and support allowance | WSPR(NI) 2016 | Regulation 7 |
Welfare supplementary payment payable pursuant to the loss of, or a reduction of the amount payable of, income support | WSP(LCP)R(NI) 2016 | Regulation 8 (when the recipient is entitled to the payment by meeting the condition in regulation 8(2)(c)) or regulation 12 |
WSP(LDRP)R(NI) 2016 | Regulation 4, 5 or 6 | |
Welfare supplementary payment payable pursuant to a reduction of the amount payable of jobseekers allowance | WSP(LCP)R(NI) 2016 | Regulation 8 (when the recipient is entitled to the payment by meeting the condition in regulation 8(2)(a)) |
WSP(LDRP)R(NI) 2016 | Regulation 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15] |
(2)A benefit listed below is not “social security income” or a “taxable benefit” if it is charged to tax under another Part of this Act—
F17... statutory paternity pay;
statutory adoption pay;
statutory maternity pay;]
[F18statutory shared parental pay;]
[F19statutory parental bereavement pay;]
statutory sick pay.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 660(1) Table A repealed (5.4.2015) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 62(2); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 7(jj) (with art. 16)
F2Words in s. 660(1) omitted (6.4.2017) by virtue of Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), s. 56(1), Sch. 16 para. 47; S.I. 2017/297, art. 3(2) (with arts. 4, 5)
F3Words in s. 660(1) omitted (N.I.) (6.4.2017) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(1), Sch. 16 para. 46; S.R. 2017/44, art. 2(2) (with arts. 3, 4)
F4Words in s. 660 Table A inserted (12.2.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 12(2)
F5Words in s. 660 Table A substituted (with retrospective effect to 12.2.2019) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), s. 18
F6Words in s. 660(1) Table A inserted (19.11.2023) by The Income Tax (Tax Treatment of Carer Support Payment and Exemption of Social Security Benefits) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1148), regs. 1(1), 2(3)
F7Words in s. 660 Table A inserted (18.3.2008 for specified purposes, 27.10.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), s. 70(2), Sch. 3 para. 24(3); S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(1), Sch.; S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(f)
F8Words in s. 660(1) Table A substituted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 16(3)
F9Words in s. 660(1) Table A inserted (6.4.2010) by Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18), s. 19(2), Sch. 1 para. 60(2)(4); S.I. 2010/495, art. 4(d)
F10Words in s. 660(1) Table A substituted (5.4.2015) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 62(3); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 7(jj) (with art. 16)
F11Words in s. 660(1) Table A inserted (1.12.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 62(4); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 5(2)(z)
F12Words in s. 660(1) Table A inserted (18.1.2020) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (c. 24), s. 2(2), Sch. para. 47(2); S.I. 2020/45, reg. 2
F13Words in s. 660(1) Table A repealed (6.4.2010) by Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18), s. 19(2), Sch. 1 para. 60(2)(5), Sch. 2; S.I. 2010/495, art. 4(d)(e)(iii)
F14Words in s. 660(1) Table A inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Taxation of Northern Ireland Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/338), regs. 1, 5
F15Words in s. 660(2) repealed (5.4.2015) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 62(5)(a); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 7(jj) (with art. 16)
F16Words in s. 660(2) substituted (6.4.2010) by Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18), s. 19(2), Sch. 1 para. 60(6); S.I. 2010/495, art. 4(d)
F17Word in s. 660(2) repealed (5.4.2015) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 62(5)(b); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 7(jj) (with art. 16)
F18Words in s. 660(2) inserted (1.12.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 62(5)(c); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 5(2)(z)
F19Words in s. 660(2) inserted (18.1.2020) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (c. 24), s. 2(2), Sch. para. 47(3); S.I. 2020/45, reg. 2
661Taxable social security incomeU.K.
(1)This section applies in relation to each of the following taxable benefits listed in Table A—
bereavement allowance,
carer’s allowance,
[F20carer's allowance supplement,]
[F21carer support payment,]
[F22contributory employment and support allowance,]
incapacity benefit, F23...
income support.
[F24welfare supplementary payments payable pursuant to the loss of contributory employment and support allowance, and
welfare supplementary payments payable pursuant to the loss of, or a reduction of the amount payable of, income support.]
(2)The amount of taxable social security income for a taxable benefit for a tax year is the full amount of the benefit accruing in the tax year irrespective of when any amount is actually paid.
Textual Amendments
F20Words in s. 661(1) inserted (12.2.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 12(4)
F21Words in s. 661(1) inserted (19.11.2023) by The Income Tax (Tax Treatment of Carer Support Payment and Exemption of Social Security Benefits) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1148), regs. 1(1), 2(4)
F22Words in s. 661 inserted (18.3.2008 for specified purposes, 27.10.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), s. 70(2), Sch. 3 para. 24(4); S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(1)(4)(f), Sch.
F23Word in s. 661(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Taxation of Northern Ireland Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/338), regs. 1, 6(a)
F24Words in s. 661(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Taxation of Northern Ireland Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/338), regs. 1, 6(b)
662Person liable for taxU.K.
The person liable for any tax charged under this Part on a taxable benefit listed in Table A is the person receiving or entitled to the benefit.