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Valid from 24/07/2002
(1)A sum deducted under section 559 from a payment made by a contractor—
(a)shall be paid to the Board, and
(b)shall be treated for the purposes of income tax or, as the case may be, corporation tax as not diminishing the amount of the payment.
(2)If the sub-contractor is not a company a sum deducted under section 559 and paid to the Board shall be treated as being income tax paid in respect of the sub-contractor’s relevant profits.
If the sum is more than sufficient to discharge his liability to income tax in respect of those profits, so much of the excess as is required to discharge any liability of his for Class 4 contributions shall be treated as being Class 4 contributions paid in respect of those profits.
(3)If the sub-contractor is a company—
(a)a sum deducted under section 559 and paid to the Board shall be treated, in accordance with regulations, as paid on account of any relevant liabilities of the sub-contractor;
(b)regulations shall provide for the sum to be applied in discharging relevant liabilities of the year of assessment in which the deduction is made;
(c)if the amount is more than sufficient to discharge the sub-contractor’s relevant liabilities, the excess may be treated, in accordance with the regulations, as being corporation tax paid in respect of the sub-contractor’s relevant profits; and
(d)regulations shall provide for the repayment to the sub-contractor of any amount not required for the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c).
(4)For the purposes of subsection (3) the “relevant liabilities” of a sub-contractor are any liabilities of the sub-contractor, whether arising before or after the deduction is made, to make a payment to a collector of inland revenue in pursuance of an obligation as an employer or contractor.
(5)In this section—
(a)“the sub-contractor” means the person for whose labour (or for whose employees’ or officers’ labour) the payment is made;
(b)references to the sub-contractor’s “relevant profits” are to the profits from the trade, profession or vocation carried on by him in the course of which the payment was received;
(c)“Class 4 contributions” means Class 4 contributions within the meaning of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.
(6)References in this section to regulations are to regulations made by the Board.
(7)Regulations under this section—
(a)may contain such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision as appears to the Board to be appropriate, and
(b)may make different provision for different cases.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 559A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 40(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 40(1)
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