Part 2Income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax
Employment income
55Exemption of benefit consisting of health-screening or medical check-up
1
Part 4 of ITEPA 2003 (employment income: exemptions) is amended as follows.
2
In section 266(3) (exemption of non-cash vouchers for exempt benefits), omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (e) and insert at the end
or
g
section 320B (health screening and medical check-ups).
3
In section 267(2) (exemption of credit-tokens used for exempt benefits), omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (g) and insert at the end
and
i
section 320B (health screening and medical check-ups).
4
After section 320A insert—
Health-screening and medical check-ups
320BHealth-screening and medical check-ups
1
No liability to income tax arises in respect of the provision for an employee, on behalf of an employer, of a health-screening assessment or a medical check-up.
2
Subsection (1) does not apply—
a
to more than one health-screening assessment provided in a tax year by any one employer or by any of a number of persons who are employers of the employee at the same time, or
b
to more than one medical check-up so provided.
3
In this section—
“health-screening assessment” means an assessment to identify employees who might be at particular risk of ill-health, and
“medical check-up” means a physical examination of the employee by a health professional for (and only for) determining the employee's state of health.
5
The amendments made by this section have effect for the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years.