Part 4Employment income: exemptions

Chapter 4Exemptions: education and training

Work-related training

250Exemption of work-related training provision

1

No liability to income tax arises by virtue of—

a

the provision for an employee of work-related training or any benefit incidental to such training, or

b

the payment or reimbursement to or in respect of an employee of—

i

the cost of work-related training or of any benefit incidental to such training, or

ii

any costs of a kind specified in subsection (2) in respect of such training.

2

The costs are—

a

costs which are incidental to the employee undertaking the training,

b

expenses incurred in connection with an examination or other assessment of what the employee has gained from the training, and

c

the cost of obtaining any qualification, registration or award to which the employee becomes or may become entitled as a result of the training or such an examination or other assessment.