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Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 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)
C1Pt. 9 Ch. 5A restricted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 36 para. 43(2) (with s. 283(5), Sch. 36)
C2Pt. 9 Ch. 5A modified (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 36 paras. 44, 45 (with s. 283(5), Sch. 36)
C3Pt. 9 Ch. 5A modified (1.4.2012 being "the specified day", see S.I. 2012/687, 688 and 966) by The Postal Services Act 2011 (Taxation) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/764), regs. 1(1), 23(2)
C4Pt. 9 Ch. 5A modified (1.4.2012 being "the specified day", see S.I. 2012/687, 688 and 966) by The Postal Services Act 2011 (Taxation) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/764), regs. 1(1), 24
(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)
C5S. 579A applied (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 41
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 [F2This is subject to section 579CA.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words 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)
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.
(1)This section applies if a person is temporarily non-resident.
(2)Any relevant withdrawals within subsection (3) are to be treated for the purposes of section 579B as if they accrued in the period of return.
(3)A relevant withdrawal is within this subsection if—
(a)it is paid to the person in the temporary period of non-residence, and
(b)ignoring this section, it is not chargeable to tax under this Part (or would not be if a DTR claim were made in respect of it).
(4)A “relevant withdrawal” is any income withdrawal or dependants' income withdrawal paid to the person under a registered pension scheme in respect of a flexible drawdown arrangement relating to the person under the scheme.
(5)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 relevant withdrawal treated by virtue of this section as accruing in the period of return (or as preventing a charge to that tax from arising as a result).
(6)Part 4 of Schedule 45 to FA 2013 (statutory residence test: anti-avoidance) explains—
(a)when a person is to be regarded as “temporarily non-resident”, and
(b)what “the temporary period of non-residence” and “the period of return” mean.
(7)In this section—
“double taxation relief arrangements” means arrangements that have effect under section 2(1) of TIOPA 2010;
“DTR claim” means a claim for relief under section 6 of that Act;
“flexible drawdown arrangement” means an arrangement to which section 165(3A) or 167(2A) of FA 2004 applies.]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 579CA substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 45 para. 153(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 117
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—
an annuity under, or purchased with sums or assets held for the purposes of, or representing acquired rights under, a registered pension scheme, and
income withdrawal or dependants' income withdrawal under a registered pension scheme.]]
Textual Amendments
F4S. 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)
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