Commentary on Sections Glossary Part 2: Employment income: charge to tax Section 57: Earlier date of deemed employment payment in certain cases
232.As set out in section 50(3) the basic timing rule for the deemed payment is that it is treated as being made at the end of the tax year in question. This section sets out what earlier date should be taken for payment of the deemed payment if there is a break in the worker-intermediary relationship during the tax year in question. It derives from paragraph 12, as amended by section 38(3) of FA 2002.
233.Subsection (1) sets the scene and says that where there is such a break (relevant event), then the deemed payment is treated as being made immediately before it, or before the first of them if there are more than one.
234.Subsection (2) lists the kinds of break in the worker-intermediary relationship that count as relevant events if the intermediary is a company. Subsections (3) and (4)  list the kinds of break in the worker-intermediary relationship that count as relevant events where the intermediary is a partnership and where the intermediary is an individual.
235.Subsection (5) emphasises that this section only affects the time at which the deemed payment is treated as being made. It does not affect the calculation of the deemed payment, which is still based on amounts received in the tax year.