Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

Special class of earnings for purposes of sections 25 to 27

28 Meaning of “general earnings from overseas Crown employment subject to UK tax”

(1) This section explains for the purposes of sections 25 to 27 what is meant by “general earnings from overseas Crown employment subject to United Kingdom tax”.

(2) “Crown employment” means employment under the Crown—

(a) which is of a public nature, and

(b) the earnings from which are payable out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom or of Northern Ireland.

(3) “General earnings from overseas Crown employment” means general earnings from such employment in respect of duties performed outside the United Kingdom.

(4) Such earnings are to be taken as being “subject to United Kingdom tax” unless they fall within any exception contained in an order under subsection (5).

(5) The Board of Inland Revenue may make an order excepting from the operation of sections 25(2) and 27(2)—

(a) general earnings of any description of employee specified in the order;

(b) general earnings from any description of employment so specified.

(6) The Board may make the order if they consider that such earnings should not be subject to those provisions having regard to the international obligations of Her Majesty’s Government and such other matters as appear to them to be relevant.

(7) An order may make provision by reference to all or any of the following—

(a) the residence or nationality of the employee;

(b) whether the employee was engaged in or outside the United Kingdom;

(c) the nature of the post, the rate of remuneration and any other terms and conditions applying to it.

(8) Subsection (7) does not affect the generality of the power to make provision by reference to such factors as the Board consider appropriate.