# The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992, Regulation 19: Earnings of employed earners

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), “earnings” means in the case of employment as an employed earner, any remuneration or profit derived from that employment and includes—
(a) any bonus or commission;
(b) any payment in lieu of remuneration except any periodic sum paid to a claimant on account of the termination of his employment by reason of redundancy;
(c) any payment in lieu of notice or any lump sum payment intended as compensation for the loss of employment but only in so far as it represents loss of income;
(d) any holiday pay except any payable more than 4 weeks after termination or interruption of the employment;
(e) any payment by way of a retainer;
(f) any payment made by the claimant’s employer in respect of expenses not wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the performance of the duties of the employment, including any payment made by the claimant’s employer in respect of—
(i) travelling expenses incurred by the claimant between his home and place of employment,
(ii) expenses incurred by the claimant under arrangements made for the care of a member of his family owing to the claimant’s absence from home;
(g) any award of compensation made under section 68(2) or 71(2)(a) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (remedies and compensation for unfair dismissal);
(h) any such sum as is referred to in section 112 of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (certain sums to be earnings for social security purposes);
(i) any statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay, or a corresponding payment under any enactment having effect in Northern Ireland;
(j) any remuneration paid by or on behalf of an employer to the claimant who for the time being is on maternity leave or is absent from work because he is ill.
(2) Earnings shall not include—
(a) any payment in kind;
(b) any payment in respect of expenses wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the performance of the duties of the employment;
(c) any occupational pension.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-19
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