EIM26116 | The benefits code: beneficial loans: loans released or written off
From HM Revenue & Customs · Employment Income Manual
Sections 62 and 188(1) ITEPA 2003
The release or writing off of any loan to an employee may be chargeable to tax (see EIM01490 and EIM21740 to EIM21747). It does not matter:
for what purpose the loan was applied or
whether it was a cheap or interest-free loan