Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

[F1 554Z9 Remittance basis: [F2 A [F3 did not] meet section 26A requirement] U.K.

(1) [F4 Subsections (2) and (2A) apply] if—

(a) the value of the relevant step, or a part of it, is “for” a tax year (“the relevant tax year”) as determined under section 554Z4,

(b) section 809B, 809D or 809E of ITA 2007 (remittance basis) [F5 applied] to A for the relevant tax year,

[F6 (c) A [F7 did not] meet the requirement of section 26A for the relevant tax year (reading references there to the employee as references to A),]

(d) A's employment with B in the relevant tax year [F8 was] employment with a foreign employer, and

(e) the duties of A's employment with B in the relevant tax year [F9 were] performed wholly outside the United Kingdom.

[F10 (1A) But [F11 subsections (2) and (2A) do not apply] if section 24A applies in relation to A's employment with B for the relevant tax year.]

(2) [F12 Except in a case within subsection (2A),] A's employment income by virtue of section 554Z2(1), or the relevant part of it, is “taxable specific income” in a tax year so far as it is remitted to the United Kingdom in that year.

[F13 (2A) Where the relevant step is within paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to F(No. 2)A 2017, A's employment income by virtue of section 554Z2(1), or the relevant part of it, is “taxable specific income” in the tax year in which the relevant step is treated as being taken so far as the income is remitted to the United Kingdom in that tax year or in any previous tax year.]

(3) For [F14 the purposes of subsections (2) and (2A)], any income which is remitted before A's employment with B starts is treated as being remitted in the tax year in which the employment starts.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if in the relevant tax year—

(a) A has associated employments, and

(b) the duties of the associated employments are not performed wholly outside the United Kingdom.

(5) The amount of A's employment income to which [F15 subsection (2) or (2A)] applies is limited to such amount as is just and reasonable, having regard to—

(a) A's employment income for the relevant tax year from all associated employments, together with A's employment with B,

(b) the proportion of that income [F16 (or of so much of it as is attributable to the UK part of the relevant tax year, if it was a split year as respects A)] which is general earnings to which section 22 applies or is employment income to which section 41A applies,

(c) the nature of and time devoted to the duties performed outside the United Kingdom, and those performed in the United Kingdom, in the relevant tax year [F17 (or the UK part of it)], and

(d) all other relevant circumstances,

and, if the amount of A's employment income to which [F18 subsection (2) or (2A)] would otherwise apply exceeds that limit, the amount of A's employment income to which [F19 subsection (2) or (2A) (as the case may be)] applies is instead to be such amount as is just and reasonable.

(6) In this section “associated employments” means employments with B or with employers associated with B; and section 24(5) and (6) applies for the purposes of this subsection.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 7A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 paras. 52-59 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 2 para. 1

F2 Words in s. 554Z9 heading substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 25 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 13(2) (with Sch. 46 para. 26)

F3 Words in s. 554Z9 heading substituted (for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), s. 40(4), Sch. 9 para. 3(11)(a)

F4 Words in s. 554Z9(1) substituted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 40(2)

F5 Word in s. 554Z9(1)(b) substituted (for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), s. 40(4), Sch. 9 para. 3(11)(b)(i)

F6 S. 554Z9(1)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 25 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 13(1) (with Sch. 46 para. 26)

F7 Words in s. 554Z9(1)(c) substituted (for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), s. 40(4), Sch. 9 para. 3(11)(b)(ii)

F8 Word in s. 554Z9(1)(d) substituted (for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), s. 40(4), Sch. 9 para. 3(11)(b)(iii)

F9 Word in s. 554Z9(1)(e) substituted (for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), s. 40(4), Sch. 9 para. 3(11)(b)(iv)

F10 S. 554Z9(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 7(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 3 para. 5

F11 Words in s. 554Z9(1A) substituted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 40(3)

F12 Words in s. 554Z9(2) inserted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 40(4)

F13 S. 554Z9(2A) inserted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 40(5)

F14 Words in s. 554Z9(3) substituted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 40(6)

F15 Words in s. 554Z9(5) substituted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 40(7)(a)

F16 Words in s. 554Z9(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 45 para. 153(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 70(a)

F17 Words in s. 554Z9(5)(c) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 45 para. 153(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 70(b)

F18 Words in s. 554Z9(5) substituted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 40(7)(b)(i)

F19 Words in s. 554Z9(5) substituted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 40(7)(b)(ii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 554Z9 applied (20.3.2025) by Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), Sch. 10 para. 2(3)