790 Liability of certain pensions, etc. to tax.

[ITA67 s225; FA97 s146(1) and Sch9 PtI par1(14)]

Where an individual has ceased to hold an office or employment and a pension, annuity or other annual payment is paid to the individual or to the individual’s ^[1]>widow or widower, or to the individual’s child or any of the individual’s relatives or dependants^<[1][1]>widow, widower or surviving civil partner, or to the individual’s child or the child of the surviving civil partner or any of the individual’s relatives or dependants^<[1] by the person or the heirs, executors, administrators or successors of the person under whom the individual held such office or by whom the individual was so employed, such pension, annuity or other annual payment shall, notwithstanding that it is paid voluntarily or is capable of being discontinued, be deemed to be income for the purpose of assessment of income tax and shall be assessed and charged under Schedule D or E, as the case may require.