The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2017

Amendment of the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003

3.  In regulation 61A(1) (interpretation)—

(a) before the definition of “authorised employer” insert—

““amount foregone” has the meaning given in section 69B(2) of ITEPA;”,

(b) after the definition of “making good payment” insert—

““optional remuneration arrangements” has the meaning given in section 69A(3) of ITEPA;”

“relevant amount” means the amount calculated in accordance with section 87A, 94A, 120A, 154A or 203A(4) of ITEPA, as the case may be;”, and

(c) in the definition of “specified benefit”(5)—

(i) after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) section 87A (benefit of non-cash voucher treated as earnings: optional remuneration arrangements),”,

(ii) after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) section 94A (benefit of credit-token treated as earnings: optional remuneration arrangements),”,

(iii) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) section 120A (benefit of car treated as earnings: optional remuneration arrangements),”,

(iv) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) section 149A (benefit of car fuel treated as earnings: optional remuneration arrangements),”,

(v) after paragraph (e) insert—

“(ea) section 154A (benefit of a van treated as earnings: optional remuneration arrangements),”,

(vi) after paragraph (f) insert—

“(fa) section 160A (benefit of van fuel treated as earnings: optional remuneration arrangements),”,

(vii) after paragraph (g) insert—

“(ga) section 203A (employment-related benefit provided under optional remuneration arrangements);”.

(1)

Regulations 61A to 61M were inserted by the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2015, S.I. 2015/1927.

(2)

Section 69B was inserted into ITEPA by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2017 (c. 10).

(3)

Section 69A was inserted into ITEPA by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2017 (c. 10).

(4)

Sections 87A, 94A, 103A, 120A, 121A, 149A, 154A, 160A and 203A were inserted into ITEPA respectively by paragraphs 5, 6, 15, 22, 23, 35, 37, 40 and 48 of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2017 (c. 10).

(5)

The definition of “specified benefit” was substituted by the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2016, S.I. 2016/1137.