Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1)

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

Chapter 6 Taxable benefits: cars, vans and related benefits

Cars: the appropriate percentage

133 How to determine the “appropriate percentage”

(1) The “appropriate percentage” for a car for a year depends upon when the car was first registered.

(2) If the car was first registered on or after 1st January 1998, the “appropriate percentage” depends upon whether the car—

(a) is a car with a CO₂ emissions figure (see section 134(1)),

(b) is a car without a CO₂ emissions figure (see section 134(2)), or

(c) is a diesel car to which section 141 applies,

and is determined under sections 139 to 141.

(3) If the car was first registered before 1st January 1998, the “appropriate percentage” is determined under section 142.

134 Meaning of car with or without a CO₂ emissions figure

(1) In this Chapter a “car with a CO₂ emissions figure” means—

(a) a car first registered on or after 1st January 1998 but before 1st October 1999 to which section 135 applies,

(b) a car first registered on or after 1st October 1999 to which section 136 applies, or

(c) a car first registered on or after 1st January 2000 which is a car to which section 137 (bi-fuel cars) applies.

(2) In this Chapter a “car without a CO₂ emissions figure” means any other car first registered on or after 1st January 1998.