SE21661 - Benefits: assets transferred at overvalue by directors and employees to their employers: example

A company pays one of its directors £12,000 for a piece of land whose market value is only £5,000. The chargeable benefit is



£
Expense incurred by the company12,000
Made good by the director (the value
of the land)
5,000
Chargeable benefit7,000


Note that unless there are special factors that indicate that the overvalue is not an emolument from the employment, the charge on the benefit is under Section 19(1)1 ICTA 1988 ( SE21660 and SE08001), rather than Section 154 ICTA 1988.