A number of benefits can be provided by employers to their staff without creating a taxable benefit in kind on the employee. These include: Trivial benefits in kind –the benefit cannot be cash, the cost does not exceed £50 and it is not provided in recognition of...
Nick Forsyth looks at the potential problems as we (hopefully) approach the end of the pandemic With the vaccination programme showing some light at the end of the tunnel, we might see some normality returning to our lives and work patterns as the summer approaches...
The Cycle to Work Scheme is an incentive scheme offered by the Government which allows an employer to provide a bicycle to an employee without a benefit in kind being assessed. Normally, it will be combined with a salary sacrifice scheme, whereby the employee reduces...
P11D – Employers return of Directors / Employee’s Expenses and Benefits in Kind It is time to prepare the Forms P11D and P11D(b) for the 2020/21 tax year. The forms are the employer’s responsibility. They are required for directors or employees who are provided with...
Only 41% of SME businesses offer a pension salary sacrifice scheme to their employees compared to 61% of large and 85% of very large companies.(FT Advisor). Even less offer salary sacrifice arrangements to their employees and I often question why this is the case....
In the Tory leadership contest, Boris came out with a proposal to raise the Basic Rate Tax threshold to £80,000 (currently it is £50,000). This seemed like an outrageous and impractical proposition. At the time, some commentators saw it as an example of dead cat...
