Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

218 Calculation of earnings rate for a tax year U.K.

(1) For any tax year the earnings rate for an employment is to be calculated as follows—

Step 1

Find the total of the following amounts—

(a) the total amount of the earnings from the employment for the year within Chapter 1 of this Part,

(b) the total of any amounts that are treated as earnings from the employment for the year under the benefits code (see subsections (2) and (3)),

(c) the total of any amounts that are treated as earnings from the employment for the year under Chapter 12 of this Part (payments treated as earnings), F1 ...

(d) in the case of an employment within section 56(2) (deemed employment of worker by intermediary), the amount of the deemed employment payment for the year (see section 54), F1 ...

[F2 (e) in the case of an employment within section 61G(2) (deemed employment payment by managed service company), the total amount of deemed employment payments for the year][F3 , and

( f) the total amount which counts as employment income in respect of the employment for the year under Chapter 2 of Part 7A.]

excluding any exempt income[F4 , other than any attributable to section 290A or 290B (accommodation outgoings of ministers of religion).]

Step 2

Add to that total any extra amount required to be added for the year by section 219 (extra amounts to be added in connection with a car).

Step 3

Subtract the total amount of any authorised deductions (see subsection (4)) from the result of step 2.

Step 4

The earnings rate for the employment for the year is given by the formula—

where—

R is the result of step 3,

Y is the number of days in the year, and

E is the number of days in the year when the employment is held.

(2) Section 216(1) (provisions not applicable to lower-paid employment) is to be disregarded for the purpose of determining any amount under step 1.

(3) If the benefit of living accommodation is to be taken into account under step 1, the cash equivalent is to be calculated in accordance with section 105 (even if the cost of providing the accommodation exceeds £75,000).

(4) For the purposes of step 3 “authorised deduction” means any deduction that would (assuming it was an amount of taxable earnings) be allowed from any amount within step 1 under—

• section 346 (employee liabilities),

• section 352 (agency fees paid by entertainers),

• section 355 (corresponding payments by non-domiciled employees with foreign employers),

• section 368 (fixed sum deductions from earnings payable out of public revenue),

• section 370 (travel costs and expenses where duties performed abroad: employee’s travel),

• section 371 (travel costs and expenses where duties performed abroad: visiting spouse’s[F5 , civil partner's] or child’s travel),

• section 373 (non-domiciled employee’s travel costs and expenses where duties performed in UK),

• section 374 (non-domiciled employee’s spouse’s[F5 , civil partner's] or child’s travel costs and expenses where duties performed in UK),

• section 376 (foreign accommodation and subsistence costs and expenses (overseas employments)),

• section 377 (costs and expenses in respect of personal security assets and services),

• section 713 (payroll giving to charities),

• [F6 sections 188 to 194 of FA 2004 (contributions to registered pension schemes), or]

• section 262 of CAA 2001 (capital allowances to be given effect by treating them as deductions).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 218(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 paras. 52-59 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 2 para. 9(a)

F2 Words in s. 218(1) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 25(2), Sch. 3 para. 5

F3 Words in s. 218(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 paras. 52-59 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 2 para. 9(b)

F4 Words in s. 218(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 2(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/157), arts. 1, 2(2)

F5 Words in s. 218(4) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 142

F6 Words in s. 218(4) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 284(1), Sch. 35 para. 58 (with Sch. 36)