Dual SIM mobiles are gaining popularity, particularly with business users. But if you decide to switch your company phone to one of these devices, might you be jeopardising your tax exemption?
Published 15.11.2011
Whether you’re interested in sport or not, the world will have its eyes focused on the UK this summer. This will no doubt include a good many of your employees. How can you turn this potential
distraction into a tax-free benefit?
Published 02.05.2012
Tax planning for the family company is a very popular topic with the experts. But if you haven’t tied the knot, can you still use your company to get tax-free benefits for your partner?
Published 16.09.2010
A colleague has told you that instead of discounts from his suppliers he’s asking them for extra items, free of charge. He reckons that as these have no cost he can take them out of his company
tax-free. Is this something you could do?
Published 03.12.2009
One of your suppliers has tickets to next year’s Olympics, and has offered a few to you free of charge. Can the directors and employees of your company use these without getting hit with a tax bill?
Published 07.09.2011
One of our subscribers got into a tricky argument when the Taxman claimed that his company had undeclared the benefit-in-kind in respect of old equipment it had given to its employees. What’s the
story?
Published 13.10.2010
Benefits-in-kind can be an attractive part of an employee’s pay package, but there’s still tax to pay. One option is to settle this with a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA). The general view is that
these are costly, but is this wrong?
Published 03.02.2011
The 2011/12 P11D indicates you should decare any taxable childcare vouchers provided to your employees. However, these are usually taxed through the PAYE system. So what’s the Taxman really after?
Published 15.06.2012
A seasonal rush on business or just a tight deadline might mean you have to ask your staff to come in at the weekend. As a sweetener you offer to buy lunch for them, but will the Taxman want a bite
out of it?
Published 12.11.2010
A colleague has told you that any employee who is not a director and earns less than £8,500 a year doesn’t get taxed on any benefits-in-kind they receive. They say this means that their spouse gets a
company car tax-free. Is this true?
Published 01.02.2007