National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Act 2019

2019 c. 23

An Act to provide for Class 1A national insurance contributions on certain termination awards; and to provide for the controller of a sporting testimonial to be the person liable to pay Class 1A national insurance contributions on payments from money raised by the testimonial.

Enacted[24th July 2019]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Part 1 Termination awards¶

^I11 Termination awards: Great Britain¶

1 Section 10 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Class 1A contributions: benefits in kind etc.) is amended as follows.

2 After subsection (1) insert—

3 In subsection (2), in the words before paragraph (a), after “contribution” insert “ payable under subsection (1) ”.

4 After subsection (3) insert—

5 In subsection (4) after “contribution” insert “ payable under subsection (1) ”.

6 After subsection (4) insert—

7 In subsection (5) for “subsection (4)” substitute “ subsections (4) and (4A) ”.

8 In subsection (9)(a) for “or general earnings” substitute “ , general earnings or termination awards ”.

9 After subsection (11) insert—

10 In the heading, omit “: benefits in kind etc.”

11 In section 162(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (appropriate national health service allocation), in paragraph (c), after “general earnings” insert “ and the amounts chargeable to income tax under section 403 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 ”.

^I32 Termination awards: Northern Ireland¶

1 Section 10 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Class 1A contributions: benefits in kind etc.) is amended as follows.

2 After subsection (1) insert—

3 In subsection (2), in the words before paragraph (a), after “contribution” insert “ payable under subsection (1) ”.

4 After subsection (3) insert—

5 In subsection (4) after “contribution” insert “ payable under subsection (1) ”.

6 After subsection (4) insert—

7 In subsection (5) for “subsection (4)” substitute “ subsections (4) and (4A) ”.

8 In subsection (9)(a) for “or general earnings” substitute “ , general earnings or termination awards ”.

9 After subsection (11) insert—

10 In the heading, omit “: benefits in kind etc.”

11 In section 142(5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (appropriate health service allocation), in paragraph (c), after “general earnings” insert “ and the amounts chargeable to income tax under section 403 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 ”.

Part 2 Sporting testimonials¶

^I23 Sporting testimonials: Great Britain¶

1 The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows.

2 In section 10 (Class 1A contributions: benefits in kind etc) in subsection (2) for “section 10ZA below” substitute “ sections 10ZA and 10ZBA ”.

3 In section 10ZA (liability of third party provider of benefits in kind) after subsection (1) insert—

4 After section 10ZB insert—

10ZBA Liability of third party controller of sporting testimonial

1 This section applies where—

a a Class 1A contribution is payable for any tax year in respect of the whole or any part of general earnings received by an earner;

b the general earnings, in so far as they are ones in respect of which such a contribution is payable, consist in a sporting testimonial payment; and

c the controller of the sporting testimonial is not the person (“the relevant employer”) by whom, but for this section, the Class 1A contribution would be payable in accordance with section 10(2).

2 The controller of the sporting testimonial, instead of the relevant employer, is liable to pay any Class 1A contribution in respect of the sporting testimonial payment.

3 Subsection (4) applies if—

a the controller of the sporting testimonial pays an amount (“the amount to cover tax”) for the purpose of discharging any liability of the earner to income tax for any tax year (“the relevant year”), and

b the income tax in question is tax chargeable in respect of the sporting testimonial payment or of the amount to cover tax.

4 For the purposes of this Act the amount to cover tax is to be treated as if it were general earnings consisting in the making of a sporting testimonial payment to the earner in the relevant year and falling, for the purposes of Class 1 contributions, to be left out of account in the computation of the earnings paid to or for the benefit of the earner.

5 The controller of the sporting testimonial, instead of the relevant employer, is liable to pay any Class 1A contribution in respect of any further sporting testimonial payment treated as made to the earner in accordance with subsection (4).

6 Expressions used in this section and section 226E of ITEPA 2003 (sporting testimonial payments) have the same meaning as in that section.

^I44 Sporting testimonials: Northern Ireland¶

1 The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 is amended as follows.

2 In section 10 (Class 1A contributions: benefits in kind etc) in subsection (2) for “section 10ZA below” substitute “ sections 10ZA and 10ZBA ”.

3 In section 10ZA (liability of third party provider of benefits in kind) after subsection (1) insert—

4 After section 10ZB insert—

10ZBA Liability of third party controller of sporting testimonial

1 This section applies where—

a a Class 1A contribution is payable for any tax year in respect of the whole or any part of general earnings received by an earner;

b the general earnings, in so far as they are ones in respect of which such a contribution is payable, consist in a sporting testimonial payment; and

2 The controller of the sporting testimonial, instead of the relevant employer, is liable to pay any Class 1A contribution in respect of the sporting testimonial payment.

3 Subsection (4) applies if—

b the income tax in question is tax chargeable in respect of the sporting testimonial payment or of the amount to cover tax.

6 Expressions used in this section and section 226E of ITEPA 2003 (sporting testimonial payments) have the same meaning as in that section.

Part 3 General¶

5 Extent, commencement and short title¶

1 In this Act—

a sections 1 and 3 extend to England and Wales and Scotland;

b sections 2 and 4 extend to Northern Ireland;

c this section extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2 This section comes into force on the day this Act is passed.

3 The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Treasury may appoint by regulations made by statutory instrument.

4 Regulations—

a may appoint different days for different purposes or different areas;

b may include transitional, transitory or saving provision.

5 This Act may be cited as the National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Act 2019.

Footnotes

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S. 1 in force at 6.4.2020 except in relation to termination awards received on or after 6.4.2020 in respect of employment which was terminated before 6.4.2020, or termination awards which are received in instalments where the first instalment of the termination award was received before 6.4.2020, by S.I. 2020/285, reg. 2
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S. 3 in force at 6.4.2020 except in relation to sporting testimonials which take place on or after 6.4.2020 but which were announced before 6.4.2020, by S.I. 2020/285, reg. 3
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S. 2 in force at 6.4.2020 except in relation to termination awards received on or after 6.4.2020 in respect of employment which was terminated before 6.4.2020, or termination awards which are received in instalments where the first instalment of the termination award was received before 6.4.2020, by S.I. 2020/285, reg. 2
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S. 4 in force at 6.4.2020 except in relation to sporting testimonials which take place on or after 6.4.2020 but which were announced before 6.4.2020, by S.I. 2020/285, reg. 3