EIM13012 - Termination payments and benefits: Section 401 ITEPA 2003: scope of the charge: in connection with termination or change
Section 401(1) ITEPA 2003
Briefly, Section 401 ITEPA 2003 refers to payments and benefits received in connection with a termination of employment (or change in the duties of or earnings from the employment).
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“directly or indirectly in consideration or in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, the termination or change�.
This is a phrase of very wide scope, see EIM13910. For example, in HMRC v Colquhoun the phrase “otherwise in connection with� was equated with “in any way connected with�.