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

Chapter 7U.K.Taxable benefits: loans

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 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)

General supplementary provisionsU.K.

190Exclusion of charge after death of employeeU.K.

(1)On the employee’s death a taxable cheap loan is to be treated—

(a)for the purposes of this Chapter as ceasing to be outstanding, and

(b)for the purposes of section 182 (normal method of calculating interest at the official rate) as being discharged on the date of death.

(2)Section 188 (loan released or written off: amount treated as earnings) does not apply in relation to a release or writing off which takes effect on or after the death of the employee.