Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

633Voluntary annual paymentsU.K.

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(1)This section applies to an annual payment which—

(a)is paid voluntarily, or

(b)is capable of being discontinued,

if conditions A and B are met.

(2)Condition A is that the payment is paid to—

(a)a former employee or a former office-holder,

(b)the widow or widower [F1or surviving civil partner] of a former employee or former office-holder, or

(c)any child, relative or dependant of a former employee or a former office-holder.

(3)Condition B is that the payment is paid by or on behalf of—

(a)the person—

(i)who employed the former employee, or

(ii)under whom the former office-holder held the office, or

(b)the successors of that person.

(4)But this section applies to a payment which is paid by or on a behalf of a person who is outside the United Kingdom only if it is paid to a person resident in the United Kingdom.

(5)In this section “office” includes in particular any position which has an existence independent of the person who holds it and may be filled by successive holders.

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