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Version Superseded: 19/07/2007

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Point in time view as at 06/04/2006.

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Finance Act 2003, Paragraph 1 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

1(1)This Schedule applies where—U.K.

(a)a calculation is required to be made for [F1corporation tax purposes] of a person’s profits for any period, and

(b)a deduction would (but for this Schedule) be allowed for that period in respect of employee benefit contributions made, or to be made, by that person (“the employer”).

But it does not apply to a deduction of a kind mentioned in paragraph 8.

(2)For the purposes of this Schedule an employer makes an “employee benefit contribution” if—

(a)[F2the employer] pays money or transfers an asset to another person (“the third party”), and

(b)the third party is entitled or required, under the terms of an employee benefit scheme, to hold or use the money or asset for or in connection with the provision of benefits to [F3or in respect of present or former] employees of the employer.

(3)The deduction in respect of employee benefit contributions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is allowed only to the extent that—

(a)during the period in question or within nine months from the end of it—

(i)qualifying benefits are provided out of the contributions, or

(ii)qualifying expenses are paid out of the contributions,

or

(b)where the making of the contributions is itself the provision of qualifying benefits, the contributions are made during that period or within those nine months.

(4)An amount disallowed under sub-paragraph (3) is allowed as a deduction for a subsequent period to the extent that—

(a)qualifying benefits are provided out of the employee benefit contributions in question before the end of that subsequent period, or

(b)where the making of the contributions is itself the provision of qualifying benefits, the contributions are made before the end of that subsequent period.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 624(2)(a) (with Sch. 2)

F2Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(2)(a) substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 624(2)(b) (with Sch. 2)

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