Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

Basic definitions

805 Meaning of “foster-care receipts”

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter an individual has foster-care receipts for a tax year if —

(a) the receipts are in respect of the provision of foster care,

(b) they accrue to the individual during the income period for those receipts (see subsections (2) and (3)), and

(c) the receipts would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of a trade or chargeable to income tax under Chapter 8 of Part 5 (income not otherwise charged).

(2) If the receipts would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of a trade, the income period is the basis period for the tax year (see Chapter 15 of Part 2).

(3) Otherwise the income period is the tax year.

806 Meaning of providing foster care

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter foster care is provided if an individual—

(a) provides accommodation and maintenance for a child, and

(b) does so as a foster carer.

(2) An individual is a foster carer if the child is placed with the individual under any of the following enactments, unless the individual is excluded by subsection (5).

(3) The enactments are—

(a) section 23(2)(a) or 59(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) (provision of accommodation for children by local authorities or voluntary organisations),

(b) regulations under section 5 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49),

(c) section 70 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), and

(d) Article 27(2)(a) or 75(1)(a) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)) (provision of accommodation for children by authorities or voluntary organisations).

(4) An individual is also a foster carer if—

(a) the individual is approved as a foster carer by a local authority or a voluntary organisation in accordance with regulations under section 5 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), and

(b) the child in respect of whom the accommodation is provided is being “looked after” by a local authority within the meaning of section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36),

unless the individual is excluded by subsection (5).

(5) The following are excluded individuals—

(a) a parent of the child,

(b) an individual who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility (or, in Scotland, parental responsibilities) in relation to the child,

(c) if the child is in care and there was a residence order in force with respect to the child immediately before the care order was made, an individual in whose favour the residence order was made, and

(d) (in Scotland) if the child is in care and there was a residence order or contact order in force with respect to the child immediately before the child was placed in care, an individual in whose favour the residence order or contact order was made.

807 Calculation of “total foster-care receipts”

For the purposes of this Chapter, in calculating an individual’s “total foster-care receipts” for a tax year, no deduction is allowed for expenses or any other matter.