# Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, Section 238: Modest private use of heavy goods vehicles


(1) No liability to income tax arises where a heavy goods vehicle is made available to an employee for the employee’s private use if conditions A and B are met.
(2) Condition A is that there is no transfer of the property in the vehicle to the employee.
(3) Condition B is that the employee’s use of the vehicle in the tax year is not wholly or mainly private use.
(4) In this section—
“heavy goods vehicle” means a mechanically propelled road vehicle which—
(a)is of a construction primarily suited for the conveyance of goods or burden of any kind, and
(b)is designed or adapted to have a maximum weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms when in normal use and travelling on a road laden, and
“private use” means use other than for travel which the employee is necessarily obliged to do in the performance of the duties of the employment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/1/section/238 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-earnings-and-pensions-act-2003/section-238
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