CA20015 - Plant and Machinery Allowances (PMA): introduction: employment or office - the ‘necessarily� condition

CAA01/S20 & CAA01/S36

Where the qualifying activity is an office or employment, additional restrictions apply:

  • From 2002/03, employees and office holders cannot claim PMAs on the provision of a motor vehicle or cycle. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappy may be able to claim statutory authorised mileage relief instead; and 
  • for other assets, an employee or office holder cannot claim PMAs unless the asset is 'necessarily provided' for use in the office or employment.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp CA legislation about employments does not apply to divers and dive supervisors in the North Sea.