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Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, Section 163 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F1163Van fuel: proportionate reduction of cash equivalentU.K.
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(1)The cash equivalent of the benefit of the fuel is to be proportionately reduced if for any part of the tax year in question the van for which the fuel is provided is unavailable (within the meaning of section 156 (reduction for periods when van unavailable)).

(2)But if section 159 (van temporarily replaced) applies—

(a)section 160 applies as if the replacement van were the normal van, and

(b)for the purposes of subsection (1) the replacement van is to be treated as unavailable on the days during the period on which it replaces the normal van.

(3)The cash equivalent of the benefit of the fuel is also to be proportionately reduced if F2...

(a)[F3for any part of the tax year in question,] the facility for the provision of fuel as mentioned in section 160 (1) is not available,

(b)[F4for any part of the tax year in question,] the fuel is made available only for business travel (see section 171(1)), or

(c)the employee[F5

(i)for any part of the tax year in question,is required to make good to the person providing the fuel the whole of the expense incurred by that person in connection with the provision of the fuel for the employee’s private use] [F6, and

(ii)the employee does make good that expense on or before 6 July following that tax year]

(4)The fact that any of the conditions specified in subsection (3) is met for part of a tax year is to be disregarded if there is a time later in that year when none of those conditions is met.

(5)Where the cash equivalent is to be proportionately reduced under subsection (1) or (3) (or under both those subsections), the reduced amount is given by the formula—

where—

CE is the amount of the cash equivalent before any reduction,

Y is the number of days in the tax year in question, and

D is the total number of days in the tax year on which either the van is unavailable or one or more of the conditions in subsection (3) is met.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 155-164 substituted for ss. 155-166 (with effect in accordance with s. 80(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 14 para. 5

F2Words in s. 163(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 1(14) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 1(12)(a)

F3Words in s. 163(3)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1(14) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 1(12)(b)

F4Words in s. 163(3)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1(14) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 1(12)(c)

F5S. 163(3)(c)(i) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1(14) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 1(12)(d)(i)

F6S. 163(3)(c)(ii) substituted for words (with effect in accordance with s. 1(14) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 1(12)(d)(ii)

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