UT upholds FTT decision that termination payment was taxable as employment income

In Mathur v HMRC [2024] UKUT 38 (TCC), the Upper Tribunal (UT) held that the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) did not err in law in deciding that a payment made to the appellant, Ms Mathur, by her former employer in settlement of Employment Tribunal proceedings was subject to income tax as employment income under section 401(1)(a) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA 2003).

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