The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003

[F1 Employers] U.K.

206.—F2 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3 (2) [F4 For the purposes of this Chapter, the following shall not be regarded as employers—]

(a) an individual who is a practising member of a religious society or order whose beliefs are incompatible with the use of electronic communications;

(b) a partnership, if all the partners fall within sub-paragraph (a);

(c) a company, if all the directors and company secretary fall within sub-paragraph (a);

F5 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) a care and support employer] [F6 and,

(f) an employer to whom a direction has been given under regulation 67D (exceptions to regulation 67B) or regulation 142 (direct collection: employee to report payments)]

(3) In paragraph (2)(c), “company” means a body corporate or unincorporated association but does not include a partnership.

[F7 (4) In paragraph (2)(e), “a care and support employer” means an individual (“the employer”) who employs a person to provide domestic or personal services at or from the employer’s home where—

(a) the services are provided to the employer or a member of the employer’s family;

(b) the recipient of the services has a physical or mental disability, or is elderly or infirm;

(c) the employer has not received an incentive payment in respect of any of the last 3 tax years; and

(d) it is the employer who delivers the [F8 specified information] (and not some other person on the employer’s behalf).

(5) In this regulation an “incentive payment” means an incentive payment received under the Income Tax (Incentive Payments for Voluntary Electronic Communication of PAYE Returns) Regulations 2003.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 206 heading substituted (6.4.2011 in relation to the tax year 2011-12 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/668), regs. 1(4), 9(1)

F2 Reg. 206(1) omitted (6.4.2011 in relation to the tax year 2011-12 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/668), regs. 1(4), 9(2)(a)

F3 Reg. 206(2) substituted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 7(a) (with reg. 1(5)(6))

F4 Words in reg. 206(2) substituted (6.4.2011 in relation to the tax year 2011-12 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/668), regs. 1(4), 9(2)(b)

F5 Reg. 206(2)(d) omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/521), regs. 1(4), 10

F6 Reg. 206(2)(f) and word inserted (6.4.2014) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) and the Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/472), regs. 1(2), 18

F7 Reg. 206(4)(5) inserted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 7(b) (with reg. 1(5)(6))

F8 Words in reg. 206(4)(d) substituted (6.4.2011 in relation to the tax year 2011-12 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/668), regs. 1(4), 9(2)(c)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 206 in force at 6.4.2004, see reg. 1