Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 83
Income Tax
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Made
21st January 2019
Laid before the House of Commons
23rd January 2019
Coming into force
13th February 2019
The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 684(1), (2) and 710(5) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 13th February 2019.
Amendment of the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003
2.The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003( 2 ) are amended as follows.
3. In regulation 80 (determination of unpaid tax and appeal against determination)—
(a) for paragraph (1A)( 3 ) substitute—
“ ((1A)) In paragraph (1), the reference to tax payable for a tax year under regulation 67G includes references to—
(a) any amount the employer was liable to deduct from employees during the tax year, and
(b) any amount the employer must account for under regulation 62(5) (notional payments) in respect of notional payments made by the employer during the tax year,
whether or not those amounts were included in any return under regulation 67B (real time returns of information about relevant payments) or 67D (exceptions to regulation 67B). ” , and
(b) in paragraph (4)( 4 )—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) omit “the tax payable by the employer under regulation 67G, as adjusted by regulation 67H(2) where appropriate, or 68 for”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “that tax” substitute “the amount of tax determined by HMRC under paragraph (2)”.
4. In Schedule A1( 5 ) (real time returns)—
(a) after paragraph 16 insert—
“ 16A. The value of any relevant payments ( 6 ) to date in this employment that are treated as payments of PAYE income for the purposes of the PAYE regulations by virtue of sections 687A or 695A of ITEPA ( 7 ) . ” , and
(b) in paragraph 17 for “those payments” substitute “the total payments to date in this employment”.
Melissa Tatton
Justin Holliday
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
21st January 2019
2003 c. 1 . Section 684 was amended by paragraph 102 of Schedule 4 to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) with the effect that the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have the power to make the Regulations. Further relevant amendments were made to subsection (1) by paragraph 2 of Schedule 58 to the Finance Act 2009 (c. 10) and to subsection (2) by paragraph 3 of Schedule 58 to the Finance Act 2009 and section 225(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 2012 (c. 14) . Section 710(5) was amended by section 145(6) of the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) .
S.I. 2003/2682 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/782 , S.I. 2012/822 and S.I. 2013/521 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 2012/822 .
Paragraph (4) was amended by S.I. 2012/822 and S.I. 2013/521 .
Schedule A1 was inserted by S.I. 2012/822 .
See regulation 4 of S.I. 2003/2682 for the meaning of “relevant payments”.
See regulation 2 of S.I. 2003/2682 which defines “ITEPA” as meaning The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) . Section 687A was inserted by paragraph 29 of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2011 (c. 11) . Section 695A was inserted by paragraph 31 of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2011.