SE23302 - Car benefits: calculating the car benefit charge 1994/95 to 1998/99 - reduction for business travel

Paragraph 2 Schedule 6 ICTA 1988

The full car benefit charge is reduced when it can be shown that the employee used the company car for business travel in the year concerned. Business travel is defined at SE23080. The amount of the reduction depends on the level of that business travel.

Business Travel (Miles)Amount of reduction
Less than 2,500Nil
2,500-17,9991/3
18,000 or over2/3


Note that this table only applies to the first car. See SE23305 for details of the reductions which apply to second and subsequent cars.