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.