Section 618: Payments received after deduction of tax
2382.This section deals with the position of an individual receiving income within this Chapter from which tax has been deducted. It is based on sections 348 and 349 of ICTA.
2383.Under section 348(1)(b) of ICTA “a sum representing the amount of income tax thereon” may be deducted from certain annual payments. The section reproduces the effect of section 348(1)(d) of ICTA, under which the sum is treated as income tax paid by the person to whom the payment is made. The payer is entitled, but not obliged, to deduct this sum representing tax, which is treated as tax paid by the recipient. The tax treated as paid by the recipient of the annual payment is taken into account, along with any other tax paid by deduction at source and any tax credits, in calculating the tax payable for the tax year.
2384.In so far as this section covers payments which are not annual payments within section 348(1) of ICTA, the scope of the provision has been made more explicit. Section 348(1)(d) of ICTA applies, in terms, only to annual payments from which any deduction is made under section 348(1)(b) of ICTA, but case law effectively extends it to payments under sections 348(2) and 349 of ICTA. See commentary on section 426 of this Act.
