Part 10Social security income

Chapter 7Taxable and other foreign benefits: exemptions

681Taxable and other foreign benefits: exemptions

1

No liability to income tax arises on a taxable foreign benefit if, or to the extent that, the corresponding UK benefit is exempt income.

2

No liability to income tax arises on a benefit which is payable under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom if it is substantially similar in character to a United Kingdom social security benefit listed in Table B.

3

In this section—

  • taxable foreign benefit” means a benefit to which section 678 applies;

  • corresponding UK benefit”, in relation to a taxable foreign benefit, means the taxable benefit listed in Table A to which the foreign benefit is substantially similar in character (see section 678).