EIM23111 - Car benefit: price of the car: step by step guide

Sections 121 to 124 ITEPA 2003

The steps are those in the Section 121(1) ITEPA 2003 method statement, see EIM23101.





Car with a list priceCar with no list price
Step 1

Find the list price of the car, see EIM23121 onwards.Find the notional price of the car under Section 124, see EIM23130.
Step 2

For both types of car, add the price of accessories. 
(stage 1)Initial extra accessories (type 1).Add these, whether or not they are available with the car in the tax year in question, see EIM23150.Nothing to add (these accessories are included in the notional price).

Note: the price at this stage is normally fixed while the same employee has the car.

(stage 2)Initial extra accessories (type 2).Add these if they remain available with the car in the tax year in question, see EIM23151.Nothing to add (these are also included in the notional price).
(stage 3)Initial extra accessories (type 3).Add these if they remain available with the car in the tax year in question, see EIM23152.Nothing to add (these are also included in the notional price).

Note: the following steps apply to all cars, whether with a list price or a notional price.

(stage 4)Later accessories.Add those available in the tax year in question that were not available with the car before 1 August 1993 and have a price of at least £100, Section 126(3) ITEPA 2003, see EIM23160.
(stage 5)Replacement accessories.Adjust as required at EIM23170 onwards.
Step 3

Deduct allowable capital contributions made in the year in question or earlier, see EIM23160 onwards.
Step 4

The figure carried forward from step 4 is capped at £80,000, see EIM23136.

Types of initial extra accessory

Type 1: With a list price published by the manufacturer, distributor or importer of the car.

Type 2: With a list price published by the manufacturer, distributor or importer of the accessory.

Type 3: For which a notional price must be used (i.e. for which there is no list price).

Other points

  • See EIM23135 about cars manufactured to run on road fuel gas.
  • See EIM23182 on the cost of converting a car to run on road fuel gas.
  • See EIM23181 regarding equipment for disabled persons.
  • See EIM23200 onwards for the calculation in respect of classic cars.