Section 481 — Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003: Relief for secondary Class 1 contributions met by employee

Relief for secondary Class 1 contributions met by employee 481 1 Relief is available under this section against an amount counting as employment income under section 476 if —

a an agreement having effect under paragraph 3A of Schedule 1 to the Contributions and Benefits Act has been entered into allowing the secondary contributor to recover from the employee the whole or part of any secondary Class 1 contributions in respect of the gain, or b an election having effect under paragraph 3B of Schedule 1 to that Act is in force which has the effect of transferring to the employee the whole or part of the liability to pay secondary Class 1 contributions in respect of the gain.

2 The amount of the relief is the total of —

a any amount that under the agreement referred to in subsection (1)(a) is recovered in respect of the gain by the secondary contributor before 5th June in the tax year following that in which the gain is realised, and b the amount of any liability in respect of the gain that, by virtue of the election referred to in subsection (1)(b), has become the employee’s liability.

3 If notice of withdrawal of approval of the election is given, the amount of any liability in respect of the gain for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) is limited to the amount of the liability met before 5th June in the tax year following that in which the gain is realised.

4 Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a liability to pay Class 1 contributions which is prevented from arising by virtue of section 2(1)(a) of the Social Security Contributions (Share Options) Act 2001 (liability to pay Class 1 contributions in respect of gains replaced by liability to pay special contribution). 4A Relief under this section is given by way of deduction from the amount otherwise counting as employment income. 4B Relief under this section does not affect the amount to be taken into account—

a as employment income in determining contributions payable under the Contributions and Benefits Act, or b as relevant employment income for the purposes of paragraph 3A or 3B of Schedule 1 to that Act.

5 In this section— “ approval ”, in relation to an election, means approval by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs under paragraph 3B of Schedule 1 to the Contributions and Benefits Act, and “ secondary contributor ” has the same meaning as in that Act (see section 7).