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

C1Chapter 7Taxable benefits: loans

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Pt. 3 Ch. 7 extended (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with s. 97(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 97(1)(2)

Benefit of taxable cheap loan treated as earnings

180Threshold for benefit of loan to be treated as earnings

1

The cash equivalent of the benefit of an employment-related loan is not to be treated as earnings of the employment for a tax year under section 175(1)—

a

if the normal F7£10,000 threshold is not exceeded, or

b

where the loan is a non-qualifying loan and that threshold is exceeded, if the F7£10,000 threshold for non-qualifying loans is not exceeded.

2

The normal F8£10,000 threshold is not exceeded if at all times in the year the amount outstanding on the loan (or, if two or more employment-related loans which are taxable cheap loans are outstanding in the year, the aggregate of the amount outstanding on them) does not exceed F8£10,000.

3

The F8£10,000 threshold for non-qualifying loans is not exceeded if at all times in the year the amount outstanding on the loan (or if two or more employment-related loans which are non-qualifying loans are outstanding in the year, the aggregate of the amounts outstanding on them) does not exceed F8£10,000.

4

In this section a “non-qualifying loan” means a taxable cheap loan which is not a qualifying loan.

5

For the purposes of this section a loan is a “qualifying loan” in relation to a particular tax year if, assuming interest is paid on the loan for that year (whether or not it is in fact paid), the whole or part of that interest—

a

is eligible for relief under section 353 of ICTAF4or section 383 of ITA 2007 (relief for interest payments),

b

would be eligible for relief under F5section 353 of ICTA but for the fact that it is a payment of relevant loan interest to which section 369 of ICTA applies (mortgage interest payable under deduction of tax),

c

is deductible in computing the amount of the profits to be charged F1to tax in respect of a trade, profession or vocation carried on F2wholly or partly in the United Kingdom by the person to whom the loan is made, or

d

is deductible in computing the amount of the profits to be charged F3to tax in respect of a UK property business F6(within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005 or Chapter 2 of Part 4 of CTA 2009) carried on by that person.