Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

671Amounts in excess of taxable maximumU.K.
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(1)If the amount of jobseeker’s allowance [F1and relevant welfare supplementary payments] paid to a person (“the claimant”) for a week or a part of a week exceeds the claimant’s taxable maximum for that period, no liability to income tax arises on the excess.

(2)The claimant’s taxable maximum for a period is determined under sections 672 to 674.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 671(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Taxation of Northern Ireland Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/338), regs. 1, 13