Part 10Social security income

Chapter 6Taxable foreign benefits

678Taxable benefits: foreign benefits

1

This section applies to any benefit which is payable under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom if—

a

it is substantially similar in character to a benefit listed in Table A, and

b

it is payable to a person resident in the United Kingdom.

2

But this section does not apply to a benefit which is charged to tax under Part 9 (pension income).

679Taxable social security income

1

If section 678 applies, the taxable social security income for a taxable benefit for a tax year is the amount on which tax would be chargeable if the benefit were chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D (see in particular the provisions of ICTA listed in subsection (2)).

2

Those provisions of ICTA are—

a

sections 65 and 68 (calculation of the amount of the income on which tax is to be charged in the tax year);

b

section 584 (relief for unremittable overseas income);

c

section 585 (relief on delayed remittances).

680Person liable for tax

The person liable for any tax charged under this Part on a benefit to which section 678 applies is the person receiving or entitled to the benefit.