Part 4U.K.Pension schemes etc

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7Pt. 4 modified (1.7.2008) (N.I.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/256), regs. 1, 124(1) (with regs. 134, 258)

Chapter 6U.K.Schemes that are not registered pension schemes

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Employer-financed retirement benefit schemesU.K.

246Restriction of deduction for non-contributory provisionU.K.

(1)This section applies in relation to an employer’s expenses of providing benefits to or in respect of present or former employees under an employer-financed retirement benefits scheme in a case where—

(a)the expenses do not consist of the making of contributions under the scheme, but

(b)in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice they are shown in the employer’s accounts.

(2)Unless the benefits are ones in respect of which a person is, on receipt, chargeable to income tax, the expenses—

(a)are not deductible in computing the amount of the profits of the employer for the purposes of [F1Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005] [F2or Part 3 of CTA 2009 (trading income)],

(b)are not expenses of management of the employer for the purposes of [F3Chapter 2 of Part 16 of CTA 2009] (expenses of management: companies with investment business), and

(c)are not to be brought into account at Step 1 in section 76(7) of ICTA (expenses of insurance companies) in respect of the employer.

(3)But where the benefits are ones in respect of which a person is, on receipt, chargeable to income tax—

(a)if the expenses are allowed to be deducted in computing the amount of the profits of the employer to be charged under [F4Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005] [F5or Part 3 of CTA 2009 (trading income),] they are deductible in computing the amount of the profits for the period of account in which they are paid, and

(b)for the purposes of the operation [F6in relation to the employer of section 76 of ICTA or Chapter 2 of Part 16 of CTA 2009,] the expenses are referable to the accounting period in which they are paid.

(4)In this section “employer-financed retirement benefits scheme” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 6 of ITEPA 2003 (see section 393A of that Act).

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 246(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 578(2)(a) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F3Words in s. 246(2)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 578(2)(b) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F5Words in s. 246(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 578(3)(a) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F6Words in s. 246(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 578(3)(b) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

Commencement Information

I1Ss. 160-274, 281, Schs. 30-35 in force at 6.4.2006 but any power to make an order or regulations under those provisions may be exercised at any time after Royal Assent, see s. 284