The Income Tax (Qualifying Child Care) (Wales) Regulations 2021

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2021/1344
Year2021

2021 No. 1344

Income Tax, Wales

The Income Tax (Qualifying Child Care) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Made 30th November 2021

Laid before the House of Commons 1st December 2021

Coming into force 22th December 2021

The Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 318D(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 20031.

The Treasury consider that it is appropriate to make these Regulations, having regard to the corresponding provisions of regulations under section 12 of the Tax Credits Act 20022relating to entitlement to the child care element of working tax credit.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Qualifying Child Care) (Wales) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 22nd December 2021.

S-2 Amendment of section 318C of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

Amendment of section 318C of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

2. In section 318C(3) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 20033(meaning of “”), in paragraphs (f) and (g)(ii), after “Tax Credits (Approval of Child Care Providers) (Wales) Scheme 20074” insert5.

Rebecca Harris

Michael Tomlinson

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

30th November 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend section 318C of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), which defines “” for the purposes of exemptions from income tax for employee benefits in respect of certain employer-provided or employer-contracted child care.

Regulation 2 amends paragraphs (f) and (g)(ii) of section 318C(3) to include a reference to the Approval of Home Childcare Providers (Wales) Scheme 2021.

A Tax Information and Impact Note has not been prepared for this Instrument as it contains no substantive changes to tax policy.


(1) 2003 c. 1. Sections 318 to 318D were substituted for section 318 by paragraph 1 of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12).
(2) 2002 c. 21. Regulation 14(2)(f)(vii) and (2D) of S.I. 2002/2005 contains the corresponding provisions this instrument is seeking to reflect.
(3) Section 318C was relevantly amended by S.I. 2005/770, 2007/849, 2009/2888 and 2011/775.
(4) S.I. 2007/226 (W.20), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(5) The scheme was made by the Welsh Ministers using the power granted to them by section 60 of the Government...

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