Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

Exceptions and reductions U.K.

405 Exception for certain payments exempted when received as earnings U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to any payment received in connection with the termination of a person’s employment which, were it received for the performance of the duties of the employment, would fall within section 308 (exemption of contributions to approved personal pension arrangements).

(2) This Chapter does not apply to any payment received in connection with any change in the duties of, or earnings from, a person’s employment to the extent that, were it received for the performance of the duties of the employment, it would fall within section 271(1) (limited exemption of removal benefits and expenses).

406 Exception for death or disability payments and benefits U.K.

This Chapter does not apply to a payment or other benefit provided—

(a) in connection with the termination of employment by the death of an employee, or

(b) on account of injury to, or disability of, an employee.

407 Exception for payments and benefits under tax-exempt pension schemes U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to a payment or other benefit provided under a tax-exempt pension scheme if—

(a) the payment or other benefit is by way of compensation—

(i) for loss of employment, or

(ii) for loss or diminution of earnings, and

the loss or diminution is due to ill-health, or

(b) the payment or other benefit is properly regarded as earned by past service.

(2) For this purpose “tax-exempt pension scheme” means—

[F1 (a) a registered pension scheme,

(aa) a scheme set up by a government outside the United Kingdom for the benefit of employees or primarily for their benefit, or]

(b) any such scheme or fund as was described in section 221(1) and (2) of ICTA 1970 (schemes to which payments could be made without charge to tax under section 220 of ICTA 1970).

F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 407(2)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 407(2)(a) (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 284(1), Sch. 35 para. 62(2) (with Sch. 36)

F2 S. 407(3) repealed (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 284(1), Sch. 35 para. 62(3), Sch. 42 Pt. 3 (with Sch. 36)

408 Exception for contributions to [F3 registered pension schemes] U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to a contribution to a [F4 registered pension scheme] [F5 or an employer-financed retirement benefit scheme] if the contribution is made—

(a) as part of an arrangement relating to the termination of a person’s employment, and

(b) in order to provide benefits for the person in accordance with the terms of the scheme or approved personal pension arrangements.

F6 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in s. 408 heading substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 284(1), Sch. 35 para. 63(4) (with Sch. 36)

F4 Words in s. 408(1) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 284(1), Sch. 35 para. 63(2) (with Sch. 36)

F5 Words in s. 408(1) inserted (with effect in relation to any time on or after 6.4.2006 in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1963), arts. 1(1), 2(2)

F6 S. 408(2) repealed (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 284(1), Sch. 35 para. 63(3), Sch. 42 Pt. 3 (with Sch. 36)

409 Exception for payments and benefits in respect of employee liabilities and indemnity insurance U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to a payment or other benefit received by an individual if or to the extent that—

(a) in the case of a cash benefit, it is provided for meeting the cost of a deductible amount, or

(b) in the case of a non-cash benefit, it is or represents a benefit equivalent to the cost of paying a deductible amount.

(2) For the purposes of this section “deductible amount” means an amount which meets conditions A to C.

(3) Condition A is that the amount is paid by the individual.

(4) Condition B is that a deduction for the amount would have been allowed under section 346 from earnings from the relevant employment, if the individual still held the employment when the amount was paid.

(5) Condition C is that the amount is paid at a time which falls within the run-off period.

(6) In this section and section 410—

• “relevant employment” means the employment mentioned in section 401(1);

• “run-off period” means the period which—

  (a)

  starts with the day on which the relevant employment terminated, and

  (b)

  ends with the last day of the sixth tax year following the tax year in which the period started.

410 Exception for payments and benefits in respect of employee liabilities and indemnity insurance: individual deceased U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to a payment or other benefit received by an individual’s personal representatives if or to the extent that—

(a) in the case of a cash benefit, it is provided for meeting the cost of a deductible amount, or

(b) in the case of a non-cash benefit, it is or represents a benefit equivalent to the cost of paying a deductible amount.

(2) For the purposes of this section “deductible amount” means an amount which meets conditions A to C.

(3) Condition A is that the amount is paid by the individual’s personal representatives.

(4) Condition B is that a deduction for the amount would have been allowed under section 346 from earnings from the relevant employment, if—

(a) the individual had not died,

(b) the amount had been paid by the individual, and

(c) the individual still held the employment when the amount was paid.

(5) Condition C is that the amount is paid at a time which falls within the run-off period.

411 Exception for payments and benefits for forces U.K.

[F7 (1)] This Chapter does not apply to a payment or other benefit provided—

(a) under a Royal Warrant, Queen’s Order or Order in Council relating to members of Her Majesty’s forces, or

(b) by way of payment in commutation of annual or other periodical payments authorised by any such Warrant or Order.

[F8 (2) This Chapter does not apply to a payment or other benefit provided under a scheme established by an order under section 1(1) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004.]

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 411 renumbered as s. 411(1) (with effect in accordance with s. 63(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 63(1)

F8 S. 411(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 63(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 63(1)

412 Exception for payments and benefits provided by foreign governments etc. U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to—

(a) a benefit provided under a pension scheme administered by the government of an overseas territory within the Commonwealth, or

(b) a payment of compensation for loss of career, interruption of service or disturbance made—

(i) in connection with any change in the constitution of any such overseas territory, and

(ii) to a person who was employed in the public service of the territory before the change.

(2) References in subsection (1) to—

(a) an overseas territory,

(b) the government of such a territory, and

(c) employment in the public service of such a territory,

have the meanings given in section 615 of ICTA.

413 Exception in certain cases of foreign service U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply if the service of the employee or former employee in the employment in respect of which the payment or other benefit is received included foreign service comprising—

(a) three-quarters or more of the whole period of service ending with the date of the termination or change in question, or

(b) if the period of service ending with that date exceeded 10 years, the whole of the last 10 years, or

(c) if the period of service ending with that date exceeded 20 years, one-half or more of that period, including any 10 of the last 20 years.

(2) In subsection (1) “foreign service” means service to which subsection [F9 (2A),] (3), (4) or (6) applies.

[F10 (2A) This subsection applies to service in or after the tax year 2013-14—

(a) to the extent that it consists of duties performed outside the United Kingdom in respect of which earnings would not be relevant earnings, or

(b) if a deduction equal to the whole amount of the earnings from the employment was or would have been allowable under Chapter 6 of Part 5 (deductions from seafarers' earnings).]

(3) This subsection applies to service in or after the tax year 2003-04 [F11 but before the tax year 2013-14] such that—

[F12 (a) any earnings from the employment would not be relevant earnings, or]

(b) a deduction equal to the whole amount of the earnings from the employment was or would have been allowable under Chapter 6 of Part 5 (deductions from seafarers' earnings).

[F13 (3ZA) In subsection (2A)(a) “relevant earnings” means earnings for a tax year that are earnings to which section 15 applies and to which that section would apply even if the employee made a claim under section 809B of ITA 2007 (claim for remittance basis) for that year.]

[F14 (3A) In subsection (3)(a) “relevant earnings” means—

(a) for service in or after the tax year 2008-09, earnings—

(i) which are for a tax year in which the employee is ordinarily UK resident,

(ii) to which section 15 applies, and

(iii) to which that section would apply, even if the employee made a claim under section 809B of ITA 2007 (claim for remittance basis) for that year, and

(b) for service before the tax year 2008-09, general earnings to which section 15 or 21 as originally enacted applies.]

(4) This subsection applies to service before the tax year 2003-04 and after the tax year 1973-74 such that—

(a) the emoluments from the employment were not chargeable under Case I of Schedule E, or would not have been so chargeable had there been any, or

(b) a deduction equal to the whole amount of the emoluments from the employment was or would have been allowable under a foreign earnings deduction provision.

(5) In subsection (4) “foreign earnings deduction provision” means—

(a) paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to FA 1974,

(b) paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to FA 1977, or

(c) section 192A or 193(1) of ICTA.

(6) This subsection applies to service before the tax year 1974-75 such that tax was not chargeable in respect of the emoluments of the employment—

(a) in the tax year 1956-57 or later, under Case I of Schedule E, or

(b) in earlier tax years, under Schedule E,

or it would not have been so chargeable had there been any such emoluments.

Textual Amendments

F9 Word in s. 413(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 72 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 38(2) (with Sch. 46 para. 73)

F10 S. 413(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 72 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 38(3) (with Sch. 46 para. 73)

F11 Words in s. 413(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 72 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 38(4) (with Sch. 46 para. 73)

F12 S. 413(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 81 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 7 para. 30(2)

F13 S. 413(3ZA) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 72 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 38(5) (with Sch. 46 para. 73)

F14 S. 413(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 81 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 7 para. 30(3)

[F15 413A Exception for payment of certain legal costs U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to a payment which meets conditions A and B.

(2) Condition A is that the payment meets the whole or part of legal costs incurred by the employee exclusively in connection with the termination of the employee’s employment.

(3) Condition B is that either—

(a) the payment is made pursuant to an order of a court or tribunal, or

(b) the termination of the employee’s employment results in a [F16 settlement] agreement between the employer and the employee and —

(i) the [F16 settlement] agreement provides for the payment to be made by the employer, and

(ii) the payment is made directly to the employee’s lawyer.

(4) In this section—

• F17 ...

• “lawyer” has the same meaning as “qualified lawyer” in section 203(4) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or article 245(4) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;

• “legal costs” means fees payable for the services and disbursements of a lawyer.]

Textual Amendments

F15 S. 413A inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 10(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1037), arts. 1, 10(3)

F16 Word in s. 413A(3)(b) substituted (1.3.2013) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/234), arts. 1, 3(1)(a) (with art. 3(2))

F17 Words in s. 413A(4) omitted (1.3.2013) by virtue of The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/234), arts. 1, 3(1)(b) (with art. 3(2))

414 Reduction in other cases of foreign service U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the service of the employee or former employee in the employment in respect of which the payment or other benefit is received includes foreign service, and

(b) section 413 (exception in certain cases of foreign service) does not apply.

(2) The taxable person may claim relief in the form of a proportionate reduction of the amount that would otherwise count as employment income under this Chapter.

(3) The proportion is that which the length of the foreign service bears to the whole length of service in the employment before the date of the termination or change in question.

(4) A person’s entitlement to relief under this section is limited as mentioned in subsection (5) if the person is entitled—

(a) to deduct, retain or satisfy income tax out of a payment which the person is liable to make, or

(b) to charge any income tax against another person.

(5) The relief must not reduce the amount of income tax for which the person is liable below the amount the person is entitled so to deduct, retain, satisfy or charge.

(6) In this section “foreign service” has the same meaning as in section 413(2).