Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1)

Part 8 U.K. Former employees: deductions for liabilities

Deductions [F1 in calculating net income] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 555 cross-heading substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 440(5) (with Sch. 2)

556 Deductible payments made outside the time limits allowed U.K.

(1) No deduction may be made under section 555 if the deductible payment is made—

(a) on or before the day on which the former employee ceased to hold the former employment, or

(b) after the end of the sixth tax year following the tax year in which the former employee ceased to hold the former employment.

(2) If subsection (1)(a) applies, see section 346 (deduction for employee liabilities).