C3C4 Part I Contributions

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3

Pt. 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

Preliminary

C14 Payments treated as remuneration and earnings.

C21

For the purposes of section 3 above there shall be treated as remuneration derived from employed earner’s employment—

a

any sum paid to or for the benefit of a person in satisfaction (whether in whole or in part) of any entitlement of that person to—

i

statutory sick pay; or

ii

statutory maternity pay; F1or

F10iii

statutory paternity pay; or

iv

statutory adoption pay; or

v

statutory shared parental pay; and

b

any sickness payment made—

i

to or for the benefit of the employed earner; and

ii

in accordance with arrangements under which the person who is the secondary contributor in relation to the employment concerned has made, or remains liable to make, payments towards the provision of that sickness payment.

2

Where the funds for making sickness payments under arrangements of the kind mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above are attributable in part to contributions to those funds made by the employed earner, regulations may make provision for disregarding, for the purposes of that subsection, the prescribed part of any sum paid as a result of the arrangements.

3

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above “sickness payment” means any payment made in respect of absence from work due to incapacity for work F2. . ..

F34

For the purposes of section 3 above there shall be treated as remuneration derived from an employed earner’s employment—

F6a

the amount of any gain calculated under section 479 F9of ITEPA 2003 in respect of which an amount counts as employment income of the earner under section 476 of that Act (charge on acquisition of securities pursuant to option etc), reduced by any amounts deducted under section 480(1) to (6) of that Act in arriving at the amount counting as such employment income;

b

any sum paid (or treated as paid) to or for the benefit of the earner which is chargeable to tax by virtue of F7section 225 or 226 of ITEPA 2003 (taxation of consideration for certain restrictive undertakings).

5

For the purposes of section 3 above regulations may make provision for treating as remuneration derived from an employed earner’s employment any payment made by a body corporate to or for the benefit of any of its directors where that payment would, when made, not be earnings for the purposes of this Act.

F46

Regulations may make provision for the purposes of this Part—

a

for treating any amount on which an employed earner is chargeable to income tax under F8the employment income Parts of ITEPA 2003 as remuneration derived from the earner’s employment; and

b

for treating any amount which in accordance with regulations under paragraph (a) above constitutes remuneration as an amount of remuneration paid, at such time as may be determined in accordance with the regulations, to or for the benefit of the earner in respect of his employment.

F57

Regulations under this section shall be made by the Treasury with the concurrence of the Department.