Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

588 Training courses for employees. U.K.

[F1 M1 (1) This section applies where a person (“the employer”) incurs retraining course expenses within the meaning of section 311 of ITEPA 2003 (exemptions: retraining courses).]

(3) Subject to subsection (4) below, where—

[F2 (a) an employer incurs expenditure in paying or reimbursing retraining course expenses as mentioned in subsection (1) above; and

(b) by virtue of section 311 of ITEPA 2003, no liability to income tax arises in respect of the payment or reimbursement,]

then, if and so far as that expenditure would not, apart from this subsection, be so deductible, it shall be deductible in computing for the purposes of Schedule D the [F3 profits] of the trade, profession or vocation of the employer for the purposes of which the employee is or was employed.

(4) If the employer carries on a business, the expenses of management of which are eligible for relief under section 75, subsection (3) above shall have effect as if for the words from “in computing” onwards there were substituted “ as expenses of management for the purposes of section 75 ”.

(5) In any case where—

(a) F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) an employer’s liability to tax for any year is determined (by assessment or otherwise) on the assumption that, by virtue only of subsection (3) above (or subsections (3) and (4) above), he is entitled to a deduction on account of any expenditure and, subsequently, there is [F5 a failure to meet a condition of the kind mentioned in section 312(1)(b)(i) or (ii) of ITEPA 2003];

an assessment under [F6 section 29(1)] of the Management Act [F7 , or paragraph 41 of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998,] of an amount due in consequence of the failure referred to above may be made at any time not later than six years after the end of the chargeable period in which the failure occurred.

(6) Where an event occurs by reason of which there is a failure to [F8 meet a condition in section 312(1)(b)(i) or (ii) of ITEPA 2003], the employer of the employee concerned shall within 60 days of coming to know of the event give a notice to the inspector containing particulars of the event.

(7) If the inspector has reason to believe that an employer has not given a notice which he is required to give under subsection (6) above in respect of any event, the inspector may by notice require the employer to furnish him within such time (not less that 60 days) as may be specified in the notice with such information relating to the event as the inspector may reasonably require for the purposes of this section.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 588(1) substituted for s. 588(1)(2) (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 67(2) (with Sch. 7)

F2 S. 588(3)(a)(b) substituted (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 67(3) (with Sch. 7)

F3 Word in s. 588(3) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a), Sch. 7 para. 1

F4 S. 588(5)(a) and word repealed (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the repealing Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 67(4), Sch. 8 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 7)

F5 Words in s. 588(5)(b) substituted (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 67(5) (with Sch. 7)

F6 Words in s. 588(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 10

F7 Words in s. 588(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 93(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), Sch. 11 para. 2

F8 Words in s. 588(6) substituted (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 67(6) (with Sch. 7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 588 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 39(4)(5) of the modifying Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 6 para 24 (the modification consisting of the insertion of a s. 588(4A) for limited purposes, and that s. 588(4A) was repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2)(3) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(4), Note)

Marginal Citations

M1 Source-1987 s.35(1)-(7)