Commentary on Sections Example 3 £150(Pe) – £50(E) = £100 Section 277: Acquisition benefits and expenses
1128.This section combines two similar provisions and so cuts out duplication. It sets out the benefits and expenses associated with the acquisition of a residence that come within this Chapter. The same approach (of combining the rules for benefits and expenses) has been adopted in a number of the following sections. The section derives from paragraphs 9 (expenses) and 18 (benefits) of Schedule 11A to ICTA.
1129.Subsection (1) makes it clear that the interest in the new residence need not be held exclusively or indeed at all by the employee, provided it is held (either exclusively or jointly) by one or more members of the employee’s family or household.
1130.Subsection (2) identifies the types of benefit within the section.
1131.Subsection (3) identifies the types of expenses within the section, by building on the description of some of the benefits covered and adding those expenses where there is no equivalent benefit.
1132.Subsection (4) broadens the scope of who can raise a loan, other than or as well as the employee, in similar terms to those applying to an interest in the new residence covered in subsection (1).
1133.Subsection (5) defines terms used in subsection (3)(d).