197AD- Mileage allowance payments

 

(1) There is no charge to tax under Schedule E in respect of approved mileage allowance payments for a qualifying vehicle.
(2) Mileage allowance payments are amounts (other than passenger payments within the meaning of section 197AE(2)) paid to an employee in respect of expenses in connection with the use by him for business travel of a qualifying vehicle.
(3) Mileage allowance payments are approved only if, or to the extent that, for a tax year, the total amount of all the mileage allowance payments made to the employee for the kind of vehicle in question does not exceed the approved amount for mileage allowance payments applicable to that kind of vehicle.
(4) Subsection (1) above does not apply if-

    (a) the employee is a passenger in the vehicle, or
    (b) the vehicle is a company vehicle.

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