As part of your cost-cutting measures, when your staff stay away on business you want this to be with friends or family where possible. Can you pay them for their trouble without it creating a tax
problem?
Published 12.03.2009
If you work at home you should claim the extra costs of running a home office. But how much? The Taxman recently published his view on the tax-free status of such expenses. What do you need to know?
Published 24.11.2005
You are away on business. You’ve ordered your evening meal and have just been handed the wine list. What will the Taxman let you have, if anything?
Published 24.05.2007
If your employees work at home on a regular basis, what can they claim for? The Taxman has just changed his advice in this area; should you?
Published 09.05.2008
If your employees make frequent business trips, the expense claims they hand in on their return can be time consuming to process. Is there anything you can do to simplify this process and reduce the
likelihood of expensive mistakes?
Published 10.04.2008
There’s still a need for cash even in today’s world of debit and credit cards etc. If you want your company to pay you a regular cash allowance to cover your “expenses” how should you go about it?
Published 26.10.2006
You want your staff to present a consistent image to your customers, so you’ve asked them to wear clothes in the corporate colours. But what about paying for the dry-cleaning as well? What’s the
Taxman’s view on this?
Published 19.06.2008
If your company has accidentally overpaid your expenses, there’s something you’ll have to do before April 5 to avoid a tax bill. What is it?
Published 29.03.2007
Your sales are down and admin costs are up, particularly due to all those pesky tax forms. But could there be a way to reward your sales force with some extra tax-free cash, and reduce your admin
costs at the same time?
Published 09.06.2009
Your employees’ subsistence expenses claims have been getting out of hand so you want to set a fixed rate. The figure you have in mind is higher than HMRC’s suggested amount; does this mean PAYE tax
and NI are due on the excess?
Published 27.11.2013