SCHEDULE 5FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT

Calculation of eligible student’s residual income

4.

(1)

For the purpose of determining the residual income of an eligible student, there is deducted from the student’s taxable income (unless already deducted in determining taxable income) the aggregate of any amounts falling within any of the following sub-paragraphs—

(a)

any remuneration for work done during any academic year of the eligible student’s course, provided that such remuneration does not include any sums paid in respect of any period for which the student has leave of absence or is relieved of the student’s normal duties for the purpose of attending that course;

(b)

the gross amount of any premium or other sum paid by the eligible student in relation to a pension (not being a pension payable under a policy of life insurance) in respect of which relief is given under section 273 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 198874 or under section 188 of the Finance Act 200475, or where the eligible student’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another Member State, the gross amount of any such premium or sum in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts.

(2)

Where the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 2 into which an eligible student falls is paragraph 9 and the student’s income arises from sources or under legislation different from sources or legislation normally relevant to a person referred to in paragraph 9 of Schedule 2, the student’s income is not disregarded in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) but is instead disregarded to the extent necessary to ensure that the student is treated no less favourably than a person who is referred to in any paragraph of Part 2 of Schedule 2 would be treated if in similar circumstances and in receipt of similar income.

(3)

Where the eligible student receives income in a currency other than sterling, the value of that income for the purpose of this paragraph is—

(a)

if the student purchases sterling with the income, the amount of sterling the student so receives;

(b)

otherwise, the value of the sterling which the income would purchase using the rate for the month in which it is received published by the Office for National Statistics76.