{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2004/section-246",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2004/section-246.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/12",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2004",
  "path": "section/246",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "246",
  "heading": "Restriction of deduction for non-contributory provision",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in relation to an employer’s expenses of providing benefits to or in respect of present or former employees under an employer-financed retirement benefits scheme in a case where—\n(a) the expenses do not consist of the making of contributions under the scheme, but\n(b) in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice they are shown in the employer’s accounts.\n(2) Unless the benefits are ones in respect of which a person is, on receipt, chargeable to income tax, the expenses—\n(a) are not deductible in computing the amount of the profits of the employer for the purposes of Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005 or Part 3 of CTA 2009 (trading income),\n(b) are not expenses of management of the employer for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 16 of CTA 2009 (expenses of management: companies with investment business), and\n(c) are not to count as ordinary BLAGAB management expenses of the employer for an accounting period for the purposes of section 76 of FA 2012.\n(3) But where the benefits are ones in respect of which a person is, on receipt, chargeable to income tax—\n(a) if the expenses are allowed to be deducted in computing the amount of the profits of the employer to be charged under Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005 or Part 3 of CTA 2009 (trading income), they are deductible in computing the amount of the profits for the period of account in which they are paid, and\n(b) for the purposes of the operation in relation to the employer of section 76 of FA 2012 or Chapter 2 of Part 16 of CTA 2009, the expenses are referable to the accounting period in which they are paid.\n(4) In this section “employer-financed retirement benefits scheme” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 6 of ITEPA 2003 (see section 393A of that Act).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 246(2)(a) inserted (6.4.2006) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 650(2), Sch. 2 para. 161 (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 246(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 578(2)(a) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 246(2)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 578(2)(b) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 246(2)(c) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 120(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 246(3)(a) inserted (6.4.2006) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 650(3), Sch. 2 para. 161 (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 246(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 578(3)(a) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 246(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 578(3)(b) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 246(3)(b) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 120(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 Ch. 6 excluded (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 25"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Ss. 160-274, 281, Schs. 30-35 in force at 6.4.2006 but any power to make an order or regulations under those provisions may be exercised at any time after Royal Assent, see s. 284"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/12/section/246",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:08:09.921968+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}