PART 1Direct taxes
Employment and social security income
8Exemption for benefit in form of vehicle-battery charging at workplace
1
In Chapter 3 of Part 4 of ITEPA 2003 (employment income: travel-related exemptions), after section 237 insert—
237AVehicle-battery charging
1
No liability to income tax arises in respect of the provision, at or near an employee’s workplace, of facilities for charging a battery of a vehicle used by the employee (including a vehicle used by the employee as a passenger).
2
Subsection (1) applies only if the facilities are made available generally to the employer’s employees at that workplace.
3
In this section—
“facilities”—
- a
includes electricity, but
- b
does not include workplace parking,
“taxable”, in relation to a car or van, has the meaning given by section 239(6),
“vehicle” means a vehicle—
- a
to which Chapter 2 applies (see section 235), and
- b
which is neither a taxable car nor a taxable van, and
“workplace parking” has the meaning given by section 237(3).
2
The amendment made by subsection (1) has effect for the tax year 2018-19 and subsequent tax years.