Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 248
Income Tax
The Van Benefit and Car and Van Fuel Benefit Order 2021
Made
4th March 2021
Laid before the House of Commons
9th March 2021
Coming into force
6th April 2021
The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 170(1A)(b) and (c), (2), (5) and (6) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003( 1 ):
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Van Benefit and Car and Van Fuel Benefit Order 2021.
(2) This Order comes into force on 6th April 2021 and applies to the tax year 2021-22 and subsequent tax years.
Amendment to section 150 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
2. In section 150(1) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003(car fuel: calculating the cash equivalent)( 2 ) for “£24,500” substitute “£24,600”.
Amendment to section 155 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
3. In section 155(1B)(a) and (b) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (cash equivalent of the benefit of a van)( 3 ) for “£3,490” substitute “£3,500”.
Amendment to section 161 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
4. In section 161(b) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003(van fuel: the cash equivalent)( 4 ) for “£666” substitute “£669”.
David Rutley
Maggie Throup
Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
4th March 2021
2003 c. 1 ; section 170(1A) was inserted by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 14 to the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) with effect for the tax year 2005-06 and subsequent tax years, then substituted by section 10(1) and (6) of the Finance Act 2015 (c. 11) with effect for the tax year 2015-16 and subsequent tax years. Section 170(2) was amended by paragraph 7(3) of, and section 170(5) was amended by paragraph 7(4) of, Schedule 14 to the Finance Act 2004 with effect for the tax year 2005-06 and subsequent tax years.
The figure specified in section 150(1) was last substituted by S.I. 2020/199 .
Section 155 was substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 14 to the Finance Act 2004 with effect for the tax year 2005-06 and subsequent tax years. Section 155(1B) was substituted by section 10(2) of the Finance Act 2015 with effect for the tax year 2015-16 and subsequent tax years, and amended by section 11(2) of the Finance Act 2016 (c. 24) with effect for the tax year 2016-17 and subsequent tax years. The figure specified in section 155(1B)(a) and (b) was last substituted by S.I. 2020/199 .
Section 161 was substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 14 to the Finance Act 2004 with effect for the tax year 2005-06 and subsequent tax years. The figure specified in section 161(b) was last substituted by S.I. 2020/199 .