Part 4Employment income: exemptions

Chapter 3Exemptions: other transport, travel and subsistence

245Travelling and subsistence during public transport strikes

1

No liability to income tax arises in respect of the following benefits and payments where a strike or other industrial action disrupts a public transport service normally used by an employee.

2

They are—

a

the provision for the employee of overnight accommodation at or near the employee’s permanent workplace,

b

a payment to the employee in respect of expenses incurred by the employee in connection with such accommodation,

c

the provision for the employee of transport for the purpose of ordinary commuting or travel between any two places that is for practical purposes substantially ordinary commuting, and

d

a payment to the employee in respect of expenses incurred on such transport.