Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1)

Part 4 U.K. Employment income: exemptions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4 modified (10.6.2021) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 26(3)

Chapter 8 U.K. Exemptions: special kinds of employees

Consuls, foreign agents etc. U.K.

300 Consuls U.K.

(1) No liability to income tax arises in respect of income arising from the office of a consul in the United Kingdom in the service of a foreign state.

(2) Such income is also to be disregarded in estimating the amount of income for any income tax purposes.

(3) In this section “consul” means a person recognised by Her Majesty as being a consul-general, consul, vice-consul or consular agent.