Part 3Employment income: earnings and benefits etc. treated as earnings

C2C1Chapter 6Taxable benefits: cars, vans and related benefits

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. 3 Ch. 6 modified (6.4.2020 for the tax year 2020-21) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 9

C1

Pt. 3 Ch. 6 modified (6.4.2021 for the tax year 2021-22) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 10

Cars: unavailability or payments for private use

143Deduction for periods when car unavailable

F1A1

This section has effect for the purposes of—

a

section 121(1) (method of calculating the cash equivalent of the benefit of a car), and

b

section 121B(1) (optional remuneration arrangements: meaning of “modified cash equivalent”).

1

A deduction is to be made from the amount carried forward from step 6 of section 121(1) F3or (as the case may be) step 4 of section 121B(1) if the car has been unavailable on any day during the tax year in question.

2

For the purposes of this section a car is unavailable on any day if the day—

a

falls before the first day on which the car is available to the employee,

b

falls after the last day on which the car is available to the employee, or

c

falls within a period of 30 days or more throughout which the car is not available to the employee.

3

The amount of the deduction is given by the formula—

UY×Amath

where—

U is the number of days in the year on which the car is unavailable,

Y is the number of days in that year, and

A is the amount carried forward from step 6 F2of section 121(1) or (as the case may be) step 4 of section 121B(1) .

4

This section is subject to section 145 (modification where car temporarily replaced).