[F1 PART 4A U.K.Taxation]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 4A inserted (17.2.2015) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 6(2), 29(2)(b)(3)

[F2 CHAPTER 2 U.K.Income Tax

Textual Amendments

F2 Pt. 4A Ch. 2 inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 14(3)-(5) of the amending Act) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 8(3), 14(2), 29(4); S.I. 2018/892, art. 3 (with arts. 5, 6, 8)

116E Welsh taxpayers U.K.

(1) For any tax year, a Welsh taxpayer is an individual (T)—

(a) who is resident in the UK for income tax purposes for that year (see Schedule 45 to the Finance Act 2013), and

(b) who, for that year, meets condition A, B or C.

(2) T meets condition A if T has a close connection with Wales (see section 116G).

(3) T meets condition B if—

(a) T does not have a close connection with England, Scotland or Northern Ireland (see section 116G), and

(b) T spends more days of that year in Wales than in any other part of the UK (see section 116H).

(4) T meets condition C if, for the whole or any part of the year, T is—

(a) a member of Parliament for a constituency in Wales,

(b) a member of the European Parliament for Wales, or

(c) an Assembly member.

(5) Subsection (1) does not apply if T is a Scottish parliamentarian for the whole or any part of the year (see section 116F).

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5) and section 116F, T is a Scottish parliamentarian if T is a member as described in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 80D(4) of the Scotland Act 1998 (definition of a Scottish taxpayer).

(7) In this Chapter “the UK” means the United Kingdom.]