| 1 | Disguised remuneration tax legislation (rewards from third ... The Finance Act 2011 introduced anti-avoidance legislation (Part 7A of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003) to counter the use of employee benefit trusts and other intermediaries to reward employees (or their family members) in a way that avoids income tax or NICs. HMRC referred originally to these arrangements as disguised remuneration (and this phrase is now widely used, but it is not in the legislation). Part 7A applies from 6 April 2011 and has the potential to tax many arrangements in addition to the targeted avoidance schemes. This note provides an overview of Part 7A. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Document retention toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC's UK, US and international content on document retention. It includes materials on retention of employment records, Companies Act 2006 requirements and electronic disclosure. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Employee share schemes: an introduction This note provides an overview of the various employee share option schemes and share incentive plans available to companies and a description of the tax treatment of each. This overview note is available to all PLC subscribers but contains links to more detailed PLC Share Schemes & Incentives content. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Taxation of termination payments: a quick guide A quick guide to the way termination payments are taxed. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | How the Budget becomes law This note takes a look at the process through which announcements made in the UK's annual budget become law. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Income tax: general principles This note is a general summary of the principles underpinning UK income tax. It describes what income is and how it is taxed. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as calculation of income and exemptions from income tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Not ordinarily resident employees: UK taxation of share ... This practice note deals with aspects of the UK tax treatment of employment-related securities and securities options acquired after 5 April 2008 by employees and directors who are UK resident, but not ordinarily resident (R/NOR). It also deals briefly with those who are UK resident and ordinarily resident (R/OR), but not domiciled in the UK. From Royal Assent of Finance Act 2013, the concept of ordinary residence will be abolished and a statutory residence test will come into force (see Practice note, Statutory residence test for individuals). We are currently reviewing this practice note in the light of this forthcoming development. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Reducing the annual and lifetime allowances for pension ... This note examines the coalition government's measures to restrict the availability of tax relief on pension saving by reducing the annual and lifetime allowances. As well as looking at the circumstances in which an annual allowance charge is triggered, the note highlights some key practical issues for trustees and employers, including the obligation to provide pension savings statements to members. The note also refers to the announcement of further reductions to the annual and lifetime allowances made at the 2012 Autumn Statement to take effect from the 2014/15 tax year. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Restricting pensions tax relief: anti-forestalling measures This practice note considers the anti-forestalling measures implemented by the previous government in the Finance Act 2009 in advance of its abortive plans to restrict tax relief on pension saving for high-income individuals. The anti-forestalling measures only applied to pensions tax relief claimed in the 2009/10 and 2010/11 tax years. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Salary sacrifice arrangements This practice note is a guide to the use of salary and bonus sacrifice arrangements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Tax consultations and legislation: what to expect for the rest of ... A practice note summarising the tax consultations, consultation responses and draft legislation published before the end of 2010. | Practice notes | 31-Dec-2010 |
| 12 | Tax on chargeable gains: general principles This note is a general summary of the UK rules applying to the taxation of chargeable gains. It describes what chargeable gains are, what assets are affected, when disposals arise, the way in which gains are calculated and the manner in which they are taxed, exceptions from taxation, anti-avoidance rules and how allowable losses may be used. This note is intended as a general overview, so you should be aware that the tax treatment in a particular case may differ from the general position described in this note. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Taxation and protection for legitimate expectations This note considers how the concept of legitimate expectation may apply in the taxation context. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Taxation of employees This note considers the effect of income tax and national insurance contributions on income earned by employees in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Taxation of termination payments An overview of the way in which payments made to employees on termination of their employment are taxed. | Practice notes | Maintained |