| 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 | 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 |
| 3 | Pensions tax: overview This practice note gives an overview of the current tax regime for occupational and personal pension schemes, reflecting the simplification measures that were introduced on 6 April 2006. The note summarises the main rules applying to registered pension schemes, including the annual allowance, the lifetime allowance, the availability of tax relief on contributions or accruals and HMRC's requirements for authorised pensions and lump sums. Details are also given of charges levied by HMRC on unauthorised payments. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Disclosure of tax avoidance schemes under DOTAS: direct tax A practice note about the direct tax disclosure regime which requires promoters, and in some cases, users, of certain tax planning arrangements to disclose details of the arrangements to HMRC. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | DOTAS: regime applicable before 1 August 2006 A practice note about the direct tax disclosure regime applicable before 1 August 2006. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Finance Act 2009: pensions provisions This practice note considers the pensions-related provisions in the Finance Act 2009. The most significant measures related to the then government's plans to restrict pensions tax relief for high-income individuals. These have since been overhauled by the coalition government following the 2010 General Election. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Income tax: anti-avoidance and secondary liability This note is a general summary of the anti-avoidance rules applying for the purposes of UK income tax and the situations in which one person may be liable for income tax primarily chargeable to another person. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as how income is taxed and exemptions from income tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Income tax: calculation of income profits This note is a general summary of the rules for calculating income for the purposes of UK income tax. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as how income is taxed and exemptions from income tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Income tax: exemptions and reliefs This note is a general summary of exemptions and relief from UK income tax. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as how income is calculated for income tax purposes and how income is taxed. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Income tax: use of losses This note is a general summary of how losses may be used under the UK income tax rules. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as how income is taxed and exemptions from income tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | 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. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Tax legislation tracker: employment A document tracking the development of certain notable pieces of proposed new legislation relating to employment taxation. | Practice notes | Maintained |