Commentary on Sections Glossary Part 2: Employment income: charge to tax Section 55: Application of rules relating to earnings from employment
228.This section explains how to arrive at the amounts to be used in the various steps of the method statement outlined in section 54(1). It derives from paragraph 10. Broadly it specifies that the normal rules for computing employment income should apply when working out the amounts to go into the method statement.
229.One place where paragraph 10 departs slightly from the normal rule for employment income is in sub-paragraph (5), which deals with the time that a payment or benefit should be treated as received. This reads:
in the case of a non-cash benefit, when it is used or enjoyed.
230.Subsection (5) of this section provides a more detailed explanation of when a non-cash benefit should be treated as received. This is a minor change to the law. See Change 14 in Annex 1.