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

Chapter 3Taxable benefits: expenses payments

71Meaning of paid or put at disposal by reason of the employment

1

If an employer pays a sum in respect of expenses to an employee it is to be treated as paid by reason of the employment unless—

a

the employer is an individual, and

b

the payment is made in the normal course of the employer’s domestic, family or personal relationships.

2

If an employer puts a sum at an employee’s disposal in respect of expenses it is to be treated as put at the employee’s disposal by reason of the employment unless—

a

the employer is an individual, and

b

the sum is put at the employee’s disposal in the normal course of the employer’s domestic, family or personal relationships.