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Paragraph 10 3584. This paragraph inserts three new sections (68A, 68B and 68C) into ICTA. The new sections, which are part of the SIP code, provide for a charge to income tax under Case V of Schedule D where an individual receives benefits under a SIP consisting of foreign cash dividends. The new sections derive from material in paragraphs 92 and 93 of Schedule 8 to FA 2000. Paragraph 12 3585. This paragraph inserts a new section 85B (approved share incentive plans) into ICTA 1988. The purpose of the new section is to introduce Schedule 4AA into ICTA; and the contents of that new Schedule are set out in paragraph 109 of this Schedule. Paragraph 16 3586. This paragraph amends section 138 of ICTA. That section has itself been repealed, but still applies in respect of shares acquired before 26 October 1987. The two amendments simply adopt appropriate new language for references to "Schedule E". Paragraph 22 3587. This paragraph provides for the omission of various provisions that are rewritten in this Bill. Section 150(a) of ICTA taxes allowances paid under schemes set up under the Job Release Act 1977. The last Order authorising payments under the Job Release Act 1977 was 1987 SI 1339, which extended the effect of the Act to 29 September 1988. So this rule is spent and is not rewritten. Paragraph 26 3588. This paragraph amends section 186 of ICTA which concerns approved profit sharing ("APS") schemes. 3589. Section 49 of FA 2000 envisages the phasing out of APS schemes. (No new schemes can be approved after 6 April 2001 and the tax exemption ceases for shares appropriated after 31 December 2002.) However, the legislation relating to APS schemes needs to be preserved for existing schemes; and the view has been taken that the better approach is to not repeal the APS legislation but to leave it in sections 186 and 187 of, and Schedules 9 and 10 to, ICTA. Those provisions which have continuing effect are being amended as necessary by this Schedule to reflect the new language introduced in this Bill. Outdated references are not being amended where, for all realistic purposes, the provisions are spent. 3590. Sub-paragraph (4) amends section 186(5) of ICTA. The amendment is necessary because that provision looks backward and after 5 April 2003 will need to cover charges under both the old and new forms of section 186(3). Paragraph 28 3591. This paragraph provides for the omission of various provisions that are rewritten in this Bill. Section 191 of ICTA exempts some allowances paid under schemes set up under the Job Release Act 1977. The last Order authorising payments under the Job Release Act 1977 was 1987 SI 1339, which extended the effect of the Act to 29 September 1988. So this section is spent and is not rewritten. Paragraph 34 3592. This paragraph inserts four new sections (251A, 251B, 251C and 251D) into ICTA. The four new sections, which are also part of the SIP code, provide for charges to income tax under Schedule F where an individual receives benefits under a SIP consisting of cash dividends. The new sections also derive from material in paragraphs 92 and 93 of Schedule 8 to FA 2000. Paragraph 36 3593. This paragraph derives from section 595(1)(b) of ICTA and related provisions in section 595 and 596. The charge to tax in section 595(1)(a) and related provisions have been rewritten in Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the Bill. The relief under section 595(1)(b) is being preserved by inserting a new section 266A into ICTA. Sections 595 and 596 of ICTA are being repealed. Paragraph 44 3594. This paragraph amends section 322 of ICTA so that the section continues to include the foreign income that ICTA charges under Schedule D Case V but which this Bill charges under the pension and social security income Parts. Paragraph 47 3595. This paragraph amends section 332 of ICTA so that the section applies only in respect of deductions against the profits or fees of a minister of religion chargeable under Schedule D and expenses incurred in earnings those profits or fees. Section 332(3) provides that particular expenses incurred in connection with an employment, profession or vocation as a minister are deductible from the profits or employment income of a minister. This amendment permits such expenses to be deducted in calculating Schedule D profits only if they relate to an appointment as a minister that is taxable under Schedule D and are incurred in earning those profits. See Change 90 in Annex 1. Paragraph 48 3596. This paragraph amends section 336 of ICTA so that the section continues to include the income that ICTA charges under Schedule D but which this Bill charges under the pension and social security income Parts. Paragraph 55 3597. This paragraph amends section 418 of ICTA. Most of the amendments are straightforward. 3598. The amendment to section 418(2)(a) is necessary because of the way the benefits code has been rewritten in this Bill. The benefits code applies to all employees unless they are in "lower paid employment" as defined in clause 217 of this Bill. If they are in lower paid employment some chapters are excluded from applying to them. The employments for which this exclusion does not apply are those within Chapter II of Part V of ICTA. Paragraph 65 3599. This paragraph amends section 580A(7)(b) of ICTA. Section 580A exempts annual payments paid under certain types of ill health and employment risk insurance policy. Subsection (7) extends the exemption to income taxed under Schedule E if the payee pays or contributes to the premiums due under a policy taken out by another person on the payee's behalf. This has been amended to employment income and pension income. The effect of the amendment is that the exemption will apply to foreign pensions. See Change 181 in Annex 1. Paragraphs 67 to 70 3600. These paragraphs amend sections 588 to 589B of ICTA. These sections provide for an exemption from tax under Schedule E for retraining courses and outplacement counselling, which is rewritten at clauses 310 to 312 in this Bill. It is rewritten there with several minor changes (including removal of the requirement that the services in question should be provided in the United Kingdom). See Change 71 in Annex 1. 3601. Sections 588 to 589B also provide for a deduction under Schedule D if the expenses incurred would not otherwise be deductible (sections 588(3) and 589A(8)). They also provide for the expenses to be allowed as expenses of an investment company on a similar basis to allowing for a Schedule D deduction. 3602. Paragraphs 66 to 68 amend those parts of section 588 to 589B that deal with the deduction for Schedule D/management expenses to tie in to the exemptions now contained in clauses 310- 312 of this Bill. 3603. This approach allows those parts of sections 588 to 589B dealing with the Schedule E exemptions to appear only in this Bill and not in ICTA. Paragraphs 72 and 73 3604. These two paragraphs amend sections 592(7) and 594(1) of ICTA. Relief for contributions is now expressed as a deduction from employment income and there is a signpost to these provisions in clause 327(5). See Change 154 in Annex 1. Paragraph 100 3605. This paragraph inserts two new sections (686B and 686C) into ICTA. The new sections, which are also part of the SIP code, provide that section 686 of ICTA (special rates of tax for accumulation and discretionary trusts) has only a limited application to dividend income received by the trustees of an approved SIP. The two new sections derive from paragraph 88 of Schedule 8 to FA 2000. Paragraph 108 3606. This paragraph amends section 833 of ICTA. The amendments to subsections (4) and (5) of the section concern earned income. 3607. The concept of earned income is nearly obsolete, the last general use for it being to identify a wife's earned income before independent taxation was introduced in 1990. But the concept has a continuing relevance to retirement annuity relief (section 623 of ICTA) and personal pension relief (section 644 of ICTA). 3608. All the remuneration and pensions listed in paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 833 are charged to tax under the Bill. 3609. All the pensions, annuities and social security payments listed in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (5) of section 833 are charged to tax under the Bill. 3610. So the two lists are replaced by a single reference to the Bill. 3611. But the Bill charges two sorts of income that are not earned income in section 833. These are:
Paragraph 109 3612. This paragraph inserts a new Schedule 4AA into ICTA. The new Schedule, which is also part of the SIP code, deals with corporation tax deductions relating to the setting up and administration of an approved SIP. The new Schedule has 13 paragraphs, which derive from Part 11 (paragraphs 105 to 114) of Schedule 8 to FA 2000. In the new Schedule 4AA, paragraphs 4(9), 9, 10 and 12 derive from provisions recently inserted in Schedule 8 to FA 2000 by the Employee Share Schemes Act 2002. 3613. The new Schedule 4AA is introduced by the new section 85B of ICTA (see paragraph 12 of this Schedule). Section 85B falls within Part 4 of ICTA; and in this way the definition of the expression "investment company" in section 130 of ICTA will apply to the new Schedule (see Note 70 in Annex 2). Paragraphs 112 and 113 3614. These paragraphs amend and preserve Schedules 9 and 10 to ICTA in relation to approved profit sharing schemes. The retention of this legislation is referred to in the notes on paragraph 26. 3615. The amendments are those necessary to reflect the new language introduced in this Bill. Part 2: Other enactments Paragraph 126 3616. This paragraph amends section 15 of TMA 1970. The amendments are straightforward and replace terms used in ICTA with those used in this Bill. Paragraph 127 3617. This paragraph substitutes a new section 16A of TMA 1970. This section applies section 15 of TMA 1970, the return of employees' earnings, to agency workers. The new wording accords with the language in this Bill and there are signposts to Chapter 7 of Part 2, clauses 44 to 47. The change in structure reflects the increased focus on the agency contract in these clauses. Paragraph 137 3618. This paragraph makes certain amendments to the table at the end of section 98 of TMA 1970 (penalties: special returns). Most are self-explanatory. 3619. Sub-paragraph (4)(c) deletes a reference to section 313(5) of ICTA from the second column of that table. Section 73 of FA 1988 replaced what were subsections (1) to (5) of section 313 of ICTA with subsections (1) to (4). As a result there was no longer any subsection (5). The consequential amendment to the table in section 98 of TMA 1970 was missed. This amendment, while not arising from the rewrite of section 313(5), corrects that oversight. Paragraph 147 3620. This paragraph amends section 24 FA 1974, which extends the Inland Revenue's right to call for a return of the emoluments derived from duties performed in the United Kingdom. 3621. A return issued under section 24 FA 1974 can call for particulars of emoluments "whether or not tax is chargeable on them". This could be read as requiring the taxpayer to include details of emoluments that would be exempt, even in the case of a UK resident taxpayer working on UK duties for a UK employer. This paragraph removes any uncertainty about the meaning of "whether or not tax is chargeable on them" to make it clear the provision concerns the employee's "general earnings" (whether or not chargeable to tax) and that the return does not have to include income that is exempt. Paragraphs 157 and 158 3622. These paragraphs amend sections 43 and 44 of FA 1989. 3623. Sections 43 and 44 were introduced as part of the changes made to put the assessment of employment income on a receipts basis. Broadly, they prevent a deduction for employees' pay unless it is paid during the period of account or within nine months after its end. As such, they align more closely the timing of the trading or investment company deduction with that of the charge to tax on the employee. 3624. Both sections contain numerous references to "emoluments". 3625. Rather than making a whole series of consequential amendments replacing the term "emoluments" wherever it occurs in sections 43 and 44 FA 1989 these paragraphs replace each of these two sections with a complete rewrite. Paragraphs 169 to 185 3626. These paragraphs make amendments to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ("SSCBA"). Most of the amendments change the ICTA references to Schedule E to the terms used in this Bill for employment income and are straightforward. 3627. The term "emoluments" is used in many of the provisions and has been replaced with "general earnings". 3628. The replacement of section 10(7) of SSCBA 1992 with subsections (7), (7A) and (7B) provides the equivalent provision through this Bill which ensures that Class 1A NICs are applied only to those benefits which remain chargeable to income tax. 3629. The definitions of all the terms have been placed in section 122 of SSCBA 1992. Paragraphs 190 to 204 3630. These paragraphs make amendments to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 corresponding to those made to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 by paragraphs 169 to 185 of this Schedule. Paragraph 210 3631. This paragraph amends section 120 of TCGA 1992 which treats certain amounts chargeable to income tax in relation to shares as additional consideration for the acquisition of those shares under section 38 of TCGA 1992. The amendments mainly reflect the new language and update references. 3632. Sub-paragraph (2) expands and rearranges section 120(1) to clarify how it operates and brings in material from FA 1988 so that the second paragraph of section 120(1) can be omitted. The words after the semi-colon in the first paragraph of section 120(1) are thought to be there simply to emphasise that relief is available in cases within section 83(1) of FA 1988 where the shares are acquired by a person connected with the employee. This is made clear in the rewritten provision. The view is taken that those words do not require any modification in cases to which section 83(2) of FA 1988 applies and in particular that they do not change the meaning of "disposal" in section 120(1) to mean a "disposal as a result of which the person subject to the FA 1988 charges ceases to have a beneficial interest". That interpretation would go beyond what is covered by "appropriate modifications". See Note 72 in Annex 2. 3633. Sub-paragraph (7) provides for the omission of section 120(6) of TCGA 1992. That provision effectively duplicated section 185(7) of ICTA. It also set out the transitional provisions. The effect of both subsections together with the transitionals now appears in new Schedule 7D to TCGA 1992. Paragraph 212 3634. This paragraph derives from section 68(4) of FA 1988. It inserts a new section 149C into TCGA 1992 relating to the capital gains treatment of priority share allocations. The income tax provisions are rewritten in Chapter 10 of Part 7 of this Bill. Paragraph 216 3635. This paragraph inserts a new section 238A (approved share schemes and share incentives) into TCGA 1992. The purpose of the new section is to introduce Schedule 7D to TCGA 1992; and the contents of that new Schedule are set out in paragraph 221 of this Schedule. Paragraph 217 3636. This paragraph inserts a new section 263ZA (former employees: employment-related liabilities) into TCGA 1992. It derives from section 92(6) to (8) of FA 1995. 3637. Subsections (1) to (3) of the new section 263ZA provide that if a former employee is entitled to deduct an amount under clause 555 of the Bill (former employee entitled to deduction from total income) but has insufficient total income to absorb the amount deductible, then the excess may be treated as an allowable loss for the purposes of capital gains tax. 3638. Subsections (4) and (5) set a limit to the amount that can be so deducted. 3639. Subsection (6) introduces a small administrative change. It enables a single claim to cover relief against both total income and capital gains. See Change 182 in Annex 1. Paragraph 221 3640. This paragraph inserts a new Schedule 7D into TCGA 1992; and the new Schedule deals with the capital gains tax aspects of approved share schemes and share incentives. 3641. Part 1 of the new Schedule deals with the capital gains tax aspects of approved SIPs. This Part forms part of the SIP code and derives from paragraphs 74, 97 to 102 and 104 of Schedule 8 to FA 2000. In this Part of this Schedule, paragraphs 2(4) and 4(6) derive from provisions recently inserted by the Employee Share Schemes Act 2002. 3642. Part 2 of the new Schedule deals with the capital gains tax aspects of approved SAYE option schemes. This Part forms part of the SAYE code and derives from provisions in section 185 of ICTA. 3643. Part 3 of the new Schedule deals with the capital gains tax aspects of approved CSOP schemes. This Part forms part of the CSOP code and derives from provisions in section 185 of ICTA. It may be noted that section 185(7) of ICTA has been rewritten here together with the transitional provisions in section 120(6) of TCGA 1992. Section 120(6) of TCGA 1992 is now being repealed. 3644. Part 4 of the new Schedule deals with the capital gains tax aspects of enterprise management initiatives. This Part forms part of the EMI code and derives from paragraphs 56 to 58 of Schedule 14 to FA 2000. Paragraph 241 3645. This paragraph amends paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 2 to the Tax Credits Act 1999. That amended section 71(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and section 69(8) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 in order to allow overpayments of tax credits to be collected through PAYE. This amendment replaces the reference to the legislation for PAYE in ICTA with a reference to "PAYE regulations" (defined in clause 674(8) of this Bill). It includes a minor change: see Change 183 in Annex 1. Paragraph 257 3646. This paragraph substitutes a new section 95 of FA 2001. This section provides for exemptions from stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax in relation to approved SIPs; and the new section is accordingly part of the SIP code. Section 95 of FA 2001 originally operated by inserting a new paragraph 116A in Schedule 8 to FA 2000; but in this substituted version the exemptions have been removed from that Schedule and made free standing. Paragraphs 268 and 269 3647. These paragraphs set out the consequential amendments that may be needed to some future Northern Ireland legislation. The amendments to the legislation that applies in Great Britain are set out earlier in the Schedule. Paragraphs 183 and 184 apply to legislation introduced by the Employment Act 2002. The enactment of the Northern Ireland provision corresponding to that legislation has been affected by the suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly. SCHEDULE 7: TRANSITIONALS AND SAVINGS Part 1: Continuity of the law Paragraphs 1 to 7 3648. These paragraphs ensure continuity of the law, despite the fact that this Bill repeals and rewrites provisions. Paragraph 2 is included to ensure that provisions in the Bill which change the law are not subject to the general proposition about continuity in paragraph 1. Part 2: Employment income: charge to tax Paragraph 8 3649. Section 202A(2)(a) of ICTA states that the provisions determining what emoluments are chargeable in a particular year apply "whether or not the emoluments are for that year or for some other year of assessment". The charging provisions in Chapters 4 and 5 of Part 2 of the Bill give effect to this statement in the various clauses determining taxable earnings in a tax year. 3650. This paragraph ensures that where those charging provisions apply to general earnings for "some other tax year" the reference to some other tax year can include years before 2003-04. 3651. Sub-paragraph (3) derives from section 39 FA 1989, the transitional provision from Case III of Schedule E as it existed before 1989-90 to the amended Case III now rewritten in this Bill. Paragraphs 9 to 11 3652. A claim to relief for delayed remittances made under clause 35 could include delayed remittances relating to earnings for tax years before 2003-04 and the claimant may elect under clause 36 to have those delayed remittances attributed to particular earlier years. Paragraphs 9 to 11 deal with the fact that this Bill changes the terminology used to describe the income making up the delayed remittances and the charge to tax on them. Paragraph 12 3653. This paragraph deals with the treatment of disputes as to domicile or ordinary residence which arise after the commencement of this Bill, but which relate to income to be charged to tax in the tax year 2002-03 or any earlier tax year. The effect of this transitional is that such disputes will be governed by section 207 of ICTA, and not by clauses 42 and 43 of the Bill. Paragraph 13 3654. This paragraph sets out how the provisions in Chapter 7 of Part 2 should be read in relation to times before 6 April 2003, by reference to the ICTA terminology rather than the language of this Bill. Paragraph 14 3655. This paragraph reflects the fact that the changes made to the treatment of construction industry workers in section 134 of ICTA by section 55 of FA 1998 only have effect with regard to payments for services provided on or after 6 April 1998. Part 3: Employment income: earnings and benefits etc. treated as earnings Paragraph 15 3656. This paragraph preserves the effectiveness of notifications made before 6 April 2003 for tax years beginning on or after that date. It carries forward the transitional provisions in section 166 of ICTA. It also deals with the change in terminology between the source legislation and the Bill where, in the latter, the notification is called a "dispensation". That reflects the commonly used description of the notification. The provisions in the following paragraph may modify the scope of those dispensations. Paragraph 16 3657. This paragraph modifies the effect of any dispensation that was in force before 6 April 2002 to preserve the modifications that were made to such dispensations by section 58 of FA 2001. Those modifications arose from the enactment of the provisions for mileage allowance payments and mileage allowance relief. From that date any element in a pre-existing dispensation relating to payments made, or benefits or facilities provided, in respect of expenses incurred in connection with the use of a vehicle by an employee for business travel was revoked. This paragraph ensures that such a revocation is retained in the operation of the dispensation after 6 April 2003. Paragraph 17 3658. Section 168(2) of ICTA applies the provisions of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of that Act only to an employment the emoluments of which fall to be assessed under Schedule E. That proviso is also imported into the rules for living accommodation by section 145(8)(b). A similar proviso is contained in section 144(5) of ICTA for vouchers and credit tokens. 3659. The concept of an employment the emoluments of which fall to be assessed under Schedule E has been reproduced for the purposes of the benefits code in this Bill as "a taxable employment under Part 2", defined in clause 66(3). In cases where it is necessary to consider whether there is a "taxable employment" before 6 April 2003, paragraph 17 of this Schedule explains how to translate this concept back into the rules in ICTA from which it derives. |
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