Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

230The approved amount for mileage allowance paymentsU.K.
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(1)The approved amount for mileage allowance payments that is applicable to a kind of vehicle is—

where—

M is the number of miles of business travel by the employee (other than as a passenger) using that kind of vehicle in the tax year in question;

R is the rate applicable to that kind of vehicle.

(2)The rates applicable are as follows—

Table
Kind of vehicleRate per mile
Car or van [F145p] for the first 10,000 miles
 25p after that
Motor cycle24p
Cycle20p

(3)The reference in subsection (2) to “the first 10,000 miles” is to the total number of miles of business travel in relation to the employment, or any associated employment, by car or van in the tax year in question.

(4)One employment is associated with another if—

(a)the employer is the same;

(b)the employers are partnerships or bodies and an individual or another partnership or body has control over both of them; or

(c)the employers are associated companies within the meaning [F2given by section 449 of CTA 2010].

(5)In subsection (4)(b)—

(a)control”, in relation to a body corporate or partnership, has the meaning given by [F3section 995 of ITA 2007] (in accordance with section 719 of this Act), and

(b)the definition of “control” in that section of that Act applies (with the necessary modifications) in relation to an unincorporated association as it applies in relation to a body corporate.

(6)The Treasury may by regulations amend subsection (2) so as to alter the rates or rate bands.

Textual Amendments

F1Sum in s. 230(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (Rates) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/896), regs. 1(2), 2

F2Words in s. 230(4)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 384 (with Sch. 2)

F3Words in s. 230(5)(a) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 433 (with Sch. 2)