Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1)

Part 4 U.K. Employment income: exemptions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4 modified (10.6.2021) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 26(3)

Chapter 7 U.K. Exemptions: removal benefits and expenses

Benefits and expenses within this Chapter U.K.

278 Abortive acquisition benefits and expenses U.K.

Benefits or expenses are within this section if—

(a) they are benefits provided or expenses incurred with a view to the acquisition of an interest in a residence,

(b) the interest is not acquired—

(i) because of circumstances outside the control of the person seeking to acquire it, or

(ii) because that person reasonably declines to proceed, and

(c) the benefits or expenses would have fallen within section 277 if the interest had been acquired.