Part 2Plant and machinery allowances

Chapter 8Cars, etc.

Vehicles provided for purposes of employment or office

80Vehicles provided for purposes of employment or office

1

This section applies if a person who is carrying on a qualifying activity consisting of an employment or office (“the employee”)—

a

incurs capital expenditure on the provision of a mechanically propelled road vehicle or a cycle, and

b

owns the vehicle or cycle as a result of incurring that expenditure.

2

References in this Part to qualifying expenditure include the employee’s expenditure on the provision of the vehicle or cycle if it is provided partly for use in—

a

the performance of the duties of the employment or office, or

b

the kind of travelling in respect of which expenses would be deductible as qualifying travelling expenses under section 198 of ICTA.

3

The amount of any balancing allowance to which the employee is entitled for the final chargeable period is—

(AQE-TDR)×ABmath

where—

  • AQE is the available qualifying expenditure in the pool for that period,

  • TDR is the total of any disposal receipts to be brought into account in that pool for that period,

  • A is the number of chargeable periods in the case of which the employee—

    1. a

      has carried on the qualifying activity and owned the vehicle or cycle, and

    2. b

      has claimed an allowance falling to be made to him by reference to expenditure incurred on the provision of the vehicle or cycle, and

  • B is the number of chargeable periods in the case of which the employee—

    1. a

      has carried on the qualifying activity and owned the vehicle or cycle, and

    2. b

      has been entitled to an allowance by reference to expenditure incurred on the provision of the vehicle or cycle.

4

In this section “cycle” has the meaning given by section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52).