# The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001, Paragraph 16: Recovery of earnings-related contributions or Class 1B contributions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The ... Tax Acts and any regulations under section 684 of ITEPA 2003 (PAYE regulations) relating to the recovery of tax shall apply to the recovery of—
(a) any amount of earnings-related contributions which an employer is liable to pay HMRC for any ... tax period in accordance with paragraph 10 or 11 or which he is treated as liable to HMRC whether separately or as part of a combined amount for any ... tax period under paragraph 15; or
(b) any amount of Class 1B contributions which an employer is liable to pay to the HMRC in respect of any year in accordance with paragraph 13(1),
as if each of those amounts had been charged to tax by way of an assessment on the employer as employment income under ITEPA 2003.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to the qualification that, in the application to any proceedings taken, by virtue of this paragraph, of any of the relevant provisions limiting the amount which is recoverable in those proceedings, there shall be disregarded any other component of a combined amount which may, by virtue of sub-paragraphs (3) to (5), be included as part of the cause of action or matter of complaint in those proceedings.
(3) Proceedings may be brought for the recovery of the total amount of—
(a) earnings-related contributions which the employer is liable to pay to HMRC for any ... tax period;
(b) Class 1B contributions which the employer is liable to pay to HMRC in respect of any year;
(c) a combination of those classes of contributions as specified in heads (a) and (b); or
(d) any of the contributions as specified in heads (a), (b), or (c) in addition to any other component of a combined amount which the employer is liable to pay to HMRC for any ... tax period,
without specifying the respective amount of those contributions and of other component of a combined amount, or distinguishing the amounts which the employer is liable to pay in respect of each employee and without specifying the employees in question.
(4) For the purposes of—
(a) proceedings under section 66 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (including proceedings under that section as applied by the provisions of this paragraph);
(b) summary proceedings (including in Scotland proceedings in the sheriff court or in the sheriff’s small debt court),
the total amount of contributions, in addition to any other component of the combined amount which the employer is liable to pay to HMRC for any ... tax period, referred to in sub-paragraph (3) shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2), be one cause of action or one matter of complaint.
(5) Nothing in sub-paragraph (3) or (4) shall prevent the bringing of separate proceedings for the recovery of each of the several amounts of—
(a) earnings-related contributions which the employer is liable to pay for any ... tax period in respect of each of his several employees;
(b) Class 1B contributions which the employer is liable to pay in respect of any year in respect of each of his several employees; ...
(c) tax which the employer is liable to pay for any ... tax period in respect of each of his several employees.
(d) amounts due under the Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) Regulations 2005; or
(e) payments of repayments of student loans due under the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009.
(6) For the purposes of this paragraph “combined amount” has the meaning given in paragraph 15(1A).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1004/schedule/4/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-regulations-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-16
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