The Tax Credits and Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018

• Citation: S.I. 2018/365
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits and Childcare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 6th April 2018.

Section 2 Amendment of the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002

(1) The Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(2) (interpretation) omit the definition of “Saving Gateway Account”.

(3) In regulation 4 (employment income) in Table 1 (payments and benefits to be disregarded in the calculation of employment income) after item 3C insert—

(4) In regulation 10 (investment income) in Table 4 (payments disregarded in the calculation of investment income) —

(a) omit item 14, and

(b) in item 15 after “section 1” insert “or 2”.

(5) In regulation 14 (claimants treated for any purpose as having income by virtue of the Income Tax Acts) —

(a) in paragraph (1) at the end insert “, but this is subject to paragraph (1A)”, and

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) Where paragraph (2)(b)(x) or (2)(b)(xi) applies, the amount of income that the claimant is to be treated as having is:

where

“x” is the amount of income under section 652, 654 or 655 of ITTOIA , and

“y” is the amount that would, but for section 272A of that Act, be deductible in calculating the profits for income tax purposes of a property business for the profits year.

(1B) In paragraph (1A) “profits year” has the meaning given by section 274A of ITTOIA (reduction for individuals) .

(6) In regulation 19 (general disregards in the calculation of income) in Table 6 (sums disregarded in the calculation of income) after item 18 insert—

(19) Any payment made by the Scottish Ministers to a claimant who is, or who has been, in receipt of carer’s allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (carer’s allowance) during the relevant tax year to supplement that allowance.

In this item and in items 20 and 21 “Scottish Ministers” has the meaning given by section 44(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 .

(20) Any payment in respect of funeral expense assistance which is made by the Scottish Ministers to a claimant who has accepted responsibility for the expenses of a funeral to meet, or help towards meeting, those expenses.

(21) Any payment made by the Scottish Ministers in respect of early years assistance, which is made for the purposes of meeting some of the costs associated with having, or expecting to have, a baby or child in the family.

(22) Any discretionary financial assistance payment which is made by a Scottish local authority to a claimant who is in receipt of housing benefit provided by virtue of a scheme under section 123 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (income-related benefits) to meet, or help towards meeting, a claimant’s housing costs.

In this item “Scottish local authority” means “a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994” .

Section 3 Amendment of the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002

(1) The Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) in the definition of “appropriate office” for “Comben House, Farriers Way, Netherton, Merseyside or any other” substitute “any”.

Section 4 Amendment of the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002

(1) The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 13(6) (entitlement to child care element of working tax credit) after sub-paragraph (j) insert—

(k) any benefit, allowance or credit of another EEA state or Switzerland which is substantially similar in character to the benefits, allowances and credits in sub-paragraphs (a) to (j).

(3) In regulation 14 in paragraph (2)(f) for paragraph (vi) , substitute—

(vi) by a person who is employed or engaged under a contract for services to provide care and support by the provider of a domiciliary support service within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 ;

Section 5 Amendment of the Childcare Payments Regulations 2015

(1) The Childcare Payment Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (qualifying childcare: registered or approved childcare) for paragraph (3)(d) substitute—

(d) by a person who is employed or engaged under a contract for services to provide care and support by the provider of a domiciliary support service within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016.