This example illustrates:
On 6 May 2003 X Ltd buys a van that was first registered on 5 April 2000 and makes it available to employee A, who is not in lower paid employment. There is no prohibition on private use. On 30 June the van breaks down and is taken to a garage for repair. The repairs are completed on 13 August and A collects the van that day. It remains available to A for the rest of the year. It is never made available to any other employee.
| Running total | ||
| Step 1 | The van is aged four years or more on 5 April 2004 (see EIM22067). | |
| Step 2 | Its basic amount is therefore £350 (see EIM22080). | £350 |
| Step 3 | The van is unavailable to A from 6 April to 5 May inclusive and from 1 July to 12 August inclusive (see EIM22082), a total of 73 days. |
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| Reduce the value carried down from Step 2 by: | ||
| £350 x 73/366 (2004 is a leap year) = £70. | £280 | |
| Step 4 | No payments for private use, so no adjustment. | £280 |
Note that if the repairs had been completed on 29 July (less than 30 days after 30 June) the van would have been treated as available even while under repair (see EIM22082).
If A had been required to pay £150 for private use of the above van and had done so, the charge on A would have been further reduced by the £150 to £130.
Full guidance on van benefit for these years can be found using the contents page at EIM22700.
