Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 1123
INCOME TAX
The Income Tax (Car Benefits) (Reduction of Value of Appropriate Percentage) Regulations 2001
Made
21st March 2001
Laid before the House of Commons
22nd March 2001
Coming into force
12th April 2001
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by paragraphs 5E and 8 of Schedule 6 to the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988( 1 ), hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and effect
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Car Benefits) (Reduction of Value of Appropriate Percentage) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 12th April 2001.
(2) These Regulations have effect for the year 2002–03 and subsequent years of assessement.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“bi-fuel car” means a car which is capable of being propelled by petrol and road fuel gas;
“diesel” means any diesel fuel within the definition in Article 2 of Directive
“Directive 2 ) relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 3 );
“petrol” has the meaning given by Article 2 of Directive
“road fuel gas” has the meaning given by section 168AB(3)( 4 ) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;
“Schedule 6” means Schedule 6 to the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;
“the value of the appropriate percentage” means the value of the appropriate percentage as determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 5D of Schedule 6.
Prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage—cars propelled solely by diesel
3. —(1) In the circumstances prescribed by paragraph (2) the value of the appropriate percentage shall be reduced by the amount prescribed by paragraph (3).
(2) The circumstances prescribed by this paragraph are circumstances where the car—
(a) is first registered on or after 1st January 1998,
(b) is propelled solely by diesel, and
(c) has been type-approved to the emission limit values set out in row B of the table in section 5.3.1.4 of Annex I to Council Directive 5 ) as amended.
(3) The amount prescribed is the percentage amount by which the appropriate percentage for the year ascertained in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 5C of Schedule 6 is increased by virtue of paragraph 5D of that Schedule.
Prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage—electrically propelled cars
4. —(1) In the circumstances prescribed by paragraph (2) the value of the appropriate percentage shall be reduced by the amount prescribed by paragraph (3).
(2) The circumstances prescribed by this paragraph are circumstances where the car—
(a) is first registered on or after 1st January 1998, and
(b) is an electically propelled vehicle for the purposes of Schedule 6.
(3) The amount prescribed by this paragraph is 6%.
Prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage—hybrid cars capable of being propelled by electricity and petrol
5. —(1) In the circumstances prescribed by paragraph (2) the value of the appropriate percentage shall be reduced by the amount prescribed by paragraph (3).
(2) The circumstances prescribed by this paragraph are circumstances where the car—
(a) is first registered on or after 1st January 1998, and
(b) is capable of being propelled by electicity and petrol.
(3) The amount prescribed by this paragraph shall be determined by the formula—
A + B
where—
A is 2%, and
B is 1% for each 20 grams per kilometre by which the CO2 emissions figure is less than the lower threshold provided for in the Table in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 6.
Prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage—cars propelled solely by road fuel gas and bi-fuel cars to which paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 applies
6. —(1) In the circumstances prescribed by paragraph (2) the value of the appropriate percentage shall be reduced by the amount prescribed by paragraph (3).
(2) The circumstances prescribed by this paragraph are circumstances where the car—
(a) is first registered on or after 1st January 1998 and is propelled solely by road fuel gas, or
(b) is a bi-fuel car to which paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 applies.
(3) The amount prescribed by this paragraph shall be determined by the formula—
A + B
where—
A is 1%, and
B is 1% for each 20 grams per kilometre by which the CO2 emissions figure is less than the lower threshold provided for in the Table in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 6.
Prescribed reduction of value of appropriate percentage—bi-fuel cars to which paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 does not apply
7. —(1) In the circumstances prescribed by paragraph (2) the value of the appropriate percentage shall be reduced by the amount prescribed by paragraph (3).
(2) The circumstances prescribed by this paragraph are circumstances where the car—
(a) is first registered on or after 1st January 1998,
(b) is a bi-fuel car either—
(i) on the date on which it is first registered, or
(ii) by virtue of equipment added after the date on which it is first registered, and
(c) is not a car to which paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 applies.
(3) The amount prescribed by this paragraph is 1%.
Amendment to the Income Tax (Replacement Cars) Regulations 1994
8. —(1) Amend the Income Tax (Replacement Cars) Regulations 1994( 6 ) as follows.
(2) In regulation 5 for “Paragraphs 2, 4 and 7 shall each” substitute “Paragraph 7 shall”.
Clive Betts
David Jamieson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st March 2001
1988 c. 1 ; Schedule 6 was substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Finance Act 1993 (c. 34) and relevantly amended with effect from the year 2002–03 by paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 2000 (c. 17) .
O.J. L350, 28.12.98, p.58.
O.J. L74, 27.3.93, p.81.
Inserted by section 60(3) of the Finance Act 1998 (c. 36) and amended with effect from the year 2002–03 by paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 2000.
O.J. 1970, L76, 6.4.70, p.1, relevantly amended by Directive 98/69 EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. 1998, L350, 28.12.98, p.1).
S.I. 1994/778 .