Commentary on Sections Example 3 Ne = £5,000; Da = 183; De = 183; Smg = 0 Section 499: No charge in respect of incidental expenditure
2041.This section is concerned with incidental expenditure incurred in operating the plan; and provides that an employee is not liable to income tax in respect of such expenditure of the trustees, the company that established the SIP or the employee’s employer.
2042.The section derives from paragraph 78(3) of Schedule 8 to FA 2000, which was added by paragraph 4 of Schedule 13 to FA 2001.
2043.This section makes a minor change to the law in that it is now provided that there is also no liability to income tax for incidental expenditure incurred by the company which established the plan. See Change 127 in Annex 1.