Your firm has a policy that all business travel must be standard or economy class. If, at your expense, you decide to upgrade your train journey to first class so you can work en route, can you claim
a tax deduction for the extra cost?
Published 15.02.2018
As an employer you decide if expenses you pay or reimburse your employees are exempt or liable to PAYE tax and NI. HMRC says if you get it wrong it will hold you liable for the lost tax and NI. Is
that right?
Published 19.03.2019
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
HMRC has started an enquiry into some of the travel and subsistence costs you reimbursed to your employees. It says they are excessive and therefore count as a taxable perk. Can this really be
correct?
Published 13.10.2016
Five years ago HMRC introduced flat rate tax-free allowances that employers could pay their staff when they travel on business. The rates haven’t increased since. Is there still room for you to gain
from these?
Published 05.09.2013
Reimbursing your employees the cost of their business travel etc. is tax and NI-free. But could paying a fixed-rate allowance instead make them better off and save you time and effort into the
bargain?
Published 28.11.2011
Your company has landed a blue-chip contract, but it means you working abroad for a few months. Your company will pay for you to return to the UK mid-contract to see your family, but is there a more
attractive and equally tax-efficient alternative?
Published 16.05.2017
Two of your employees, working from home because of the pandemic, visited the office each week to check security and collect post that hadn’t been redirected. You paid their travel costs but do you
need to report this to HMRC?
Published 22.04.2021
With fuel prices hitting new highs, your employees are saying that HMRC’s mileage rates for business use of their cars are no longer enough. You’re willing to pay more but what tax and NI costs might
this trigger and can you mitigate them?
Published 24.03.2022