Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

[F1 Chapter 5A U.K. PENSIONS UNDER REGISTERED PENSION SCHEMES

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 9 Ch. 5A inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 284(1), Sch. 31 para. 6 (with Sch. 36)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 9 Ch. 5A restricted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 36 para. 43(2) (with s. 283(5), Sch. 36)

C2 Pt. 9 Ch. 5A modified (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 36 paras. 44, 45 (with s. 283(5), Sch. 36)

579A Pensions U.K.

(1) This section applies to any pension under a registered pension scheme (but subject to subsection (2)).

(2) This section does not apply to a pension under a registered pension scheme if and to the extent that, when it is paid, a liability to the unauthorised payments charge arises in respect of the amount of the payment (see section 208 of FA 2004).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 579A applied (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 41

579B Taxable pension income U.K.

If section 579A applies, the taxable pension income for a tax year is the full amount of the pension under the registered pension scheme that accrues in that year irrespective of when any amount is actually paid [F2 This is subject to section 579CA.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 579B inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 85 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 16 para. 22(2)

579C Person liable for tax U.K.

If section 579A applies, the person liable for any tax charged under this Part is the person receiving or entitled to the pension under the registered pension scheme.

[F3 579CA Temporary non-residents U.K.

(1) If this section applies in relation to a tax year, any income withdrawal or dependants' income withdrawal under the registered pension scheme which—

(a) is paid to a person in respect of a flexible drawdown arrangement relating to the person under the scheme,

(b) is paid in a year of non-residence, and

(c) would not, apart from this section, be chargeable to tax under this Part,

is to be treated for the purposes of section 579B as if it accrued in that tax year.

(2) This section applies in relation to a tax year if—

(a) the person satisfies the residence requirements for the tax year (“the year of return”),

(b) the person did not satisfy those requirements for one or more tax years immediately before the year of return but did satisfy those requirements for an earlier tax year,

(c) there are fewer than 5 tax years between—

(i) the last tax year before the year of return for which the person satisfied those requirements (“the year of departure”), and

(ii) the year of return, and

(d) the person satisfied those requirements for at least 4 out of the 7 tax years immediately before the year of departure.

(3) For the purposes of this section—

(a) a person satisfies the residence requirements for a tax year if the person—

(i) is resident in the United Kingdom during that year, and

(ii) is not Treaty non-resident at any time in that year;

(b) a person is Treaty non-resident at any time if, at that time, the person falls to be regarded as resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of double taxation relief arrangements having effect at that time.

(4) Nothing in any double taxation relief arrangements is to be read as preventing the person from being chargeable to income tax in respect of any income withdrawal or dependants' income withdrawal treated by virtue of this section as accruing in the year of return (or as preventing a charge to that tax from arising as a result).

(5) In this section—

• “double taxation relief arrangements” means arrangements that have effect under section 2(1) of TIOPA 2010;

• “flexible drawdown arrangement” means an arrangement to which section 165(3A) or 167(2A) of FA 2004 applies;

• “year of non-residence” means any tax year which falls between the year of departure and the year of return.]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 579CA inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 85 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 16 para. 22(3)

[F4 579D Interpretation U.K.

In this Chapter—

• “dependants' income withdrawal” has the meaning given by paragraph 21 of Schedule 28 to FA 2004;

• “income withdrawal” has the meaning given by paragraph 7 of that Schedule;

• “pension under a registered pension scheme” includes—

  (a)

  an annuity under, or purchased with sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing acquired rights under, a registered pension scheme, and

  (b)

  income withdrawal or dependants' income withdrawal under a registered pension scheme.]]

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 579D substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 85 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 16 para. 22(4)