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

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

Chapter 4 U.K. Taxable benefits: vouchers and credit-tokens

General supplementary provisions U.K.

[F1 96A Power to exempt use of non-cash vouchers or credit-tokens to obtain exempt benefits U.K.

(1) The Treasury may by regulations provide for exemption from any liability that would otherwise arise by virtue of this Chapter in respect of—

(a) non-cash vouchers which are or can be used to obtain specified exempt benefits, or which evidence an employee's entitlement to specified exempt benefits;

(b) credit-tokens which are used to obtain specified exempt benefits.

(2) In this section—

• “exempt benefit” means a benefit the direct provision of which is exempted from liability to income tax by a provision of Part 4 (employment income: exemptions), and

• “specified” means specified in the regulations.

(3) Regulations under this section may operate by amending section 266 (exemption of non-cash vouchers for exempt benefits) or section 267 (exemption of credit-tokens used for exempt benefits).]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 96A inserted (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 63