Finance Act 2004

196Relief for employers in respect of contributions paid

(1)This section makes provision about an employer’s entitlement to relief in respect of contributions paid by the employer under a registered pension scheme in respect of any individual.

(2)For the purposes of Case I or II of Schedule D—

(a)the contributions are to be treated as not being payments of a capital nature to the extent that they otherwise would be, and

(b)if they are allowed to be deducted in computing the amount of the profits of the employer, they are deductible in computing the amount of the profits for the period of account in which they are paid.

(3)For the purposes of section 75 of ICTA (expenses of management: companies with investment business), the contributions—

(a)are to be treated as being expenses of management to the extent that they otherwise would not be, and

(b)are referable to the accounting period in which they are paid.

(4)For the purposes of section 76 of ICTA (expenses of insurance companies), the contributions—

(a)are to be brought into account at Step 1 in subsection (7) of that section to the extent that they otherwise would not be, and

(b)are referable to the accounting period in which they are paid.

(5)The references in this section to contributions include minimum payments under—

(a)section 8 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), or

(b)section 4 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49),

other than any part recovered from a member of the pension scheme under regulations made under subsection (3) of either of those sections.

(6)This section is subject to sections 197 and 198 (spreading of relief) (and to transitional provision contained in Part 4 of Schedule 36).