Commentary on Sections Example 3 £150(Pe) – £50(E) = £100 Section 107: Special rule for calculating cost of providing accommodation
396.If a property has been owned for some time before the year in which the benefit of provided living accommodation arises, the value of the property may have risen significantly. This section substitutes market value for cost in certain circumstances. It derives from section 146(4) to (6) and (11) of ICTA.
397.This rule applies only for the purposes of the calculation in section 106 of this Act, and does not have any application to accommodation within section 105 of this Act.
398.Subsection (3) sets out how to calculate the cost of providing the accommodation. Consultation leading up to this Act has resulted in the addition in paragraph (a) to the definition of P in respect of payments made. See Change 21 in Annex 1.
399.Section 146(8) of ICTA provides that section 146(6) does not apply if the employee first occupied the property before 1983. Due to the length of time since that date the provision is now in paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 7 to this Act.