SE13331 - Termination payments and benefits: Section 148 ICTA 1988: living accommodation after 6 April 1998: "cash equivalent": definitions

Section 596B ICTA 1988

This is a list of definitions relevant to calculating the “cash equivalent” of living accommodation for Section 148 ICTA 1988 purposes:

TermDefinition
Relevant personThe person providing the accommodation and any person “connected” with (see below) that person.
Note: for benefits received on or after 6 April 1998, the definition was extended by Section 93(2) FA 1998 to the following:
The person providing the accommodation, the employer or former employer of the recipient of the benefit and any person “connected” with (see below) any of those persons
connected withWhether a person is “connected with” another in this context is determined by Section 839 ICTA 1988 (see CG14580 onwards which deals with the virtually identical Section 286 TCGA 1992).
Estate or interestincludes a freehold or leasehold interest. So a tenant or sub-tenant has an “interest” in the property
Annual valueSee SE11432 onwards: the definition is the same as for Section 145(2) ICTA 1988 purposes
Market valueSee SE11478 to SE11479: the definition is the same as for Section 146 ICTA 1988 purposes