Part 3Employment income: earnings and benefits etc. treated as earnings
Chapter 4Taxable benefits: vouchers and credit-tokens
Meaning of “credit-token”
92Meaning of “credit-token”
1
In this Chapter “credit-token” means a credit card, debit card or other card, a token, a document or other object given to a person by another person (“X”) who undertakes—
a
on the production of it, to supply money, goods or services on credit, or
b
if a third party (“Y”) supplies money, goods or services on its production, to pay Y for what is supplied.
2
A card, token, document or other object can be a credit-token even if—
a
some other action is required in addition to its production in order for the money, goods or services to be supplied;
b
X in paying Y may take a discount or commission.
3
For the purposes of this section—
a
the use of an object given by X to operate a machine provided by X is to be treated as its production to X, and
b
the use of an object given by X to operate a machine provided by Y is to be treated as its production to Y.
4
A “credit-token” does not include a cash voucher or a non-cash voucher.