Finance Act 2017

29(1)Section 144 (deduction for payments for private use) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1), for “calculated under step 7 of section 121(1)” substitute “ (see subsection (1A)) ”.

(3)After subsection (1) insert

(1A)In this section “the provisional sum” means the provisional sum calculated under—

(a)step 7 of section 121(1) (method of calculating the cash equivalent of the benefit of a car), or

(b)step 2 of section 121A(1) (optional remuneration arrangements: method of calculating relevant amount).

(4)In subsection (2), for the words from “so that” to the end substitute so that—

(a)in a case within subsection (1A)(a), the cash equivalent of the benefit of the car for the year is nil, or

(b)in a case within subsection (1A)(b), the relevant amount for the purposes of section 120A is nil.

(5)In subsection (3)—

(a)for “In any other case” substitute “ Where subsection (2) does not apply, ” and

(b)for the words from “give” to the end substitute give—

(a)in a case within subsection (1A)(a), the cash equivalent of the benefit of the car for the year, or

(b)in a case within subsection (1A)(b), the relevant amount for the purposes of section 120A.