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Food Costs Bonus and Cold Weather Bonus: Data Sharing Agreement with Income Tax

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A decision made 29 November 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2012-0099

Decision Summary Title :

Food Costs Bonus (FCB) and/or Cold Weather Bonus (CWB) – DSA with Jersey Taxes Office (GOV200)

Date of Decision Summary:

28 November 2012

Decision Summary Author:

Policy Principal

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Food Costs Bonus (FCB) and/or Cold Weather Bonus (CWB) – DSA with Jersey Taxes Office (GOV200)

Date of Written Report:

28 November 2012

Written Report Author:

Policy Principal

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: Food Costs Bonus (FCB) and/or Cold Weather Bonus (CWB) – Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) between the Social Security Department (SSD) and the Jersey Taxes Office.

Decision(s):

The Chief Officer for SSD has signed DSA GOV200. The Minister for Social Security has decided to request that the Minister for Treasury and Resources authorises the disclosure of information as specified in this agreement. As per Article 13A of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961, the Comptroller of Taxes is authorised to disclose information to SSD for any purpose approved by the Minister for Treasury and Resources as requested by the Minister of Social Security.

Reason for Decision

The aim of GOV200 is to allow SSD to verify that claimants of the Food Cost Bonus (FCB) and/or Cold Weather Bonus (CWB) are not liable to pay Income Tax to the States of Jersey and therefore satisfy one of the eligibility criterions for the benefits.

Resource Implications:

There are no financial or resource implications associated with this data sharing agreement

Action required:

Policy Principal to forward copies of this Ministerial Decision and the data sharing agreement to the Minister for Treasury and Resources for his approval.

Signature:

 

Position:

 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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