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
During a business record check the HMRC officer spots some expenses in your company’s files relating to business trips you took with your partner. She says the company can’t claim a deduction for
these. Is she right?
Published 26.05.2015
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
Business travel expenses which you pay or reimburse to your employees are now exempt from tax and NI, as long as HMRC’s conditions are met. What are these and how can you be sure of meeting them?
Published 19.05.2016
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
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
Handling your employees’ travel expenses claims is time consuming and the tax and NI requirements can be tricky. The good news is that the process can be simplified by paying flat rate tax-exempt
allowances. What are they?
Published 21.10.2020
One of our subscribers has arranged to tack on a few days to his family holiday so he can visit a few prospective clients. His accountant has told him that he can’t claim any of the costs relating to
the trip. Is this correct?
Published 04.02.2020
Your client has decided your work is caught by the off-payroll rules. This means PAYE tax and NI contributions are deducted from the fees it pays you. But could it increase your tax further by
reducing relief for your business travel expenses?
Published 06.10.2021
Your company is a little cash strapped so in order to cut costs you and a co-director have decided not to claim back some of the business expenses you’ve paid for personally. What’s the most
tax-efficient way of doing this?
Published 17.02.2011