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”—

    1. a

      includes electricity, but

    2. 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—

    1. a

      to which Chapter 2 applies (see section 235), and

    2. 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.