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Clarification of the tax treatment of interim infected blood compensation payments and of the Jobs Growth Plus scheme introduced by the Welsh Government

Written Ministerial Statement House of Lords
Viscount Younger of Leckie · Conservative Answering body: Treasury
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My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Richard Fuller) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Interim infected blood compensation paymentsFollowing Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendation, the Government previously announced that infected individuals and bereaved partners currently registered on the existing UK Infected Blood Support Schemes, and those who register from now to the inception of any future scheme, would receive an interim compensation paym...

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Answering body: Treasury

My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Richard Fuller) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Interim infected blood compensation payments

Following Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendation, the Government previously announced that infected individuals and bereaved partners currently registered on the existing UK Infected Blood Support Schemes, and those who register from now to the inception of any future scheme, would receive an interim compensation payment of £100,000[1].

The Government is today announcing that it will ensure that no income tax, capital gains tax, National Insurance contributions or inheritance tax are charged on these payments. In addition, these payments will not be included as income for tax credit purposes. The Government will legislate to exempt these payments in due course.

In the interim, HM Revenue and Customs will exercise its collection and management discretion and will not collect any tax on these payments once issued.

Jobs Growth Plus scheme

In addition, the Government will legislate in Finance Bill 2022/23 to ensure that payments made under the Engagement and Advancement strands of the Jobs Growth Plus scheme by the Welsh Government will be exempt from income tax. This legislation will apply retrospectively from 1 April 2022, when payments from the scheme started.

HM Revenue and Customs will exercise its collection and management discretion and will not collect any income tax that may have been due on payments made from 1 April 2022 to the date the legislation takes effect.

These measures are being announced outside of the normal fiscal process in order to provide certainty regarding the tax treatment to those making the payments and the recipients.

[1] https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-08/16082022_Minister%20for%20the%20Cabinet%20Office%20to%20Sir%20Brian%20Langstaff.pdf

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