(1)Income tax is charged under—
(a)Part 2 of ITEPA 2003 (employment income),
(b)Part 9 of ITEPA 2003 (pension income),
(c)Part 10 of ITEPA 2003 (social security income),
(d)Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005 (trading income),
(e)Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005 (property income),
(f)Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (savings and investment income), and
(g)Part 5 of ITTOIA 2005 (miscellaneous income).
(2)Income tax is also charged under other provisions, including—
(a)Chapter 5 of Part 4 of FA 2004 (registered pension schemes: tax charges),
(b)section 7 of F(No.2)A 2005 (social security pension lump sums),
(c)Part 10 of this Act (special rules about charitable trusts etc),
(d)Chapter 2 of Part 12 of this Act (accrued income profits), F1...
(e)Part 13 of this Act (tax avoidance)[F2, and
(f)Chapter 3A of Part 14 of this Act (banks etc in compulsory liquidation).]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 3(2) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 7 para. 70(a), Sch. 10 Pt. 12 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)
F2S. 3(2)(f) And word inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 7 para. 70(b) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)
(1)Income tax is charged for a year only if an Act so provides.
(2)A year for which income tax is charged is called a “tax year”.
(3)A tax year begins on 6 April and ends on the following 5 April.
(4)“The tax year 2007-08” means the tax year beginning on 6 April 2007 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are similarly mentioned is to be read in the same way).
(5)Every assessment to income tax must be made for a tax year.
(6)Subsection (5) is subject to Chapter 15 of Part 15 (by virtue of which an assessment may relate to a return period).
Section 3 of CTA 2009 disapplies the provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating to the charge to income tax in relation to income of a company (not accruing to it in a fiduciary or representative capacity) if—
(a)the company is UK resident, or
(b)the company is non-UK resident and the income is within its chargeable profits as defined by section 19 of that Act (profits attributable to its permanent establishment in the United Kingdom).]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 5 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. 700 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)