Finance Act 1988

49 Entertainment of directors and higher-paid employees

(1) At the end of section 155 of the Taxes Act 1988 (benefits in kind for persons in director’s or higher-paid employment: exceptions from the general charge) there shall be added—

“(7) Section 154 does not apply to a benefit consisting in the provision of entertainment (including hospitality of any kind) for the employee, or for members of his family or household, if—

(a) the person providing the benefit is neither his employer nor a person connected with his employer;

(b) neither his employer nor a person connected with his employer has directly or indirectly procured its provision; and

(c) it is not provided either in recognition of particular services which have been performed by the employee in the course of his employment or in anticipation of particular services which are to be so performed by him;

and section 839 shall apply for determining whether persons are connected for the purposes of this subsection.”

(2) The provision set out in subsection (1) above shall be added at the end of section 62 of the [1976 c. 40.] Finance Act 1976 as subsection (9) with the substitution—

(a) for the reference to section 154 of the Taxes Act 1988 of a reference to section 61 of the 1976 Act; and

(b) for the reference to section 839 of the Taxes Act 1988 of a reference to section 533 of the Taxes Act 1970.

(3) The amendment made by subsection (1) above shall have effect for the year 1988-89 and subsequent years of assessment; and the amendment made by subsection (2) above shall have effect for the year 1987-88.