Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I (ss. 1-19): power to modify conferred (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 49, s. 35, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 5(3)(d); S.R. 1994/17, art. 2
Pt. I (ss. 1-19) amended (1.4.1999) by 1999 c. 2, s. 3(1)(7); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b), Sch. 2
Textual Amendments
F1Cross-heading and s. 10A inserted (9.9.1998 for the purpose only of making regulations or orders and otherwise 6.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 50; S.R. 1998/312, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. II
(1)Where for any tax year a person is accountable to the Inland Revenue in respect of income tax on [F3general earnings] of his employees in accordance with a PAYE settlement agreement, a Class 1B contribution shall be payable by him for that tax year in accordance with this section.
(2)The Class 1B contribution referred to in subsection (1) above is payable in respect of—
(a)the amount of any of [F4the general earnings included] in the PAYE settlement agreement which are chargeable emoluments; and
(b)the total amount of income tax in respect of which the person is accountable for the tax year in accordance with the PAYE settlement agreement.
(3)The amount of the Class 1B contribution referred to in subsection (1) above shall be the Class 1B percentage of the aggregate of the amounts mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) above.
(4)[F5General earnings are chargeable emoluments] for the purposes of subsection (2) above if, apart from section 6(2A) or 10(8A) above, the person accountable in accordance with the PAYE settlement agreement would be liable or entitled to pay secondary Class 1 contributions or Class 1A contributions in respect of them.
(5)Where—
(a)the PAYE settlement agreement was entered into after the beginning of the tax year; and
(b)Class 1 contributions were due in respect of any [F6general earnings] before it was entered into,
those [F6general earnings] shall not be taken to be included in the PAYE settlement agreement.
[F7(6)In subsection (3) above “the Class 1B percentage” means a percentage rate equal to [F8the secondary percentage] for the tax year in question.]
(7)[F9The Treasury may by regulations] provide for persons to be excepted in prescribed circumstances from liability to pay Class 1B contributions.
Textual Amendments
F2S. 10A and preceding cross-heading inserted (9.9.1998 for the purpose only of making regulations or orders and otherwise 6.4.1999) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)), art. 50; S.R. 1998/312, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. II
F3Words in s. 10A(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 6 para. 198(2) (with Sch. 7)
F4Words in s. 10A(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 6 para. 198(3) (with Sch. 7)
F5Words in s. 10A(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 6 para. 198(4) (with Sch. 7)
F6Words in s. 10A(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 6 para. 198(5) (with Sch. 7)
F7S. 10A(6) substituted (6.4.2000) by 1999 c. 30, s. 78; S.I. 1999/3420, art. 4(a)
F8Words in s. 10A(6) substituted (with effect for 2003-04 and subsequent tax years) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2002 (c. 19), ss. 6, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 22
F9Words in s. 10A(7) substituted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, art. 4, Sch. 3 para. 12 (with savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 7); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6)