Commentary on Sections Example 3 £150(Pe) – £50(E) = £100 Section 161: Value of shared availability: normal calculation
621.This section gives the normal rule used to calculate the value of the shared availability of one or more vans. The section derives from paragraphs 5(1), (4) and (5), 7 and part of paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 6A to ICTA.
622.Subsection (1) sets out the steps involved in the calculation using a method statement. This is the calculation that applies if the employee does not claim the alternative calculation under section 164 of this Act.
623.The words in parentheses in Step 1 make it clear that “made available by the same employer” means made available to any of the participating employees, whether or not including the one whose liability is being calculated.
624.The second sentence at the end of Step 2 states explicitly what was formerly implicit. See item B of Note 17 in Annex 2.
625.Subsection (2) focuses primarily on the employee whose tax liability is being calculated, rather than on all the shared vans and all the participating employees in relation to those vans. See item A of Note 17 in Annex 2.