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Employees often need to incur expenses when undertaking their jobs. The nature of the expense may vary depending on the job, but typical expenses include travel and subsistence expenses and fees and subscriptions. It will often be the case that the employee initially incurs the expense and then reclaims the cost from their employer via … Read more
If you incur expenses in doing your job, you may be able to claim tax relief. While the rules governing the availability of relief are strict, the process for claiming relief where it is available is relatively straightforward. Availability of tax relief Expenses that may qualify for tax relief include travel expenses incurred in relation … Read more
The pandemic changed the way in which many people worked, forcing them to work from home if they could. Post-pandemic, many employees have continued to work from home some or all of the time. Under hybrid working arrangements, an employee will work from home some of the time and from the employer’s premises some of … Read more
You can deduct expenses incurred for the purposes of your business to arrive at your taxable profile. So which expenses are commonly deductible?
Capital allowances provide tax relief for expenditure on business cars. In this article we explain the different types of allowances available.
The Covid-19 pandemic forced large numbers of employees to work from home for the first time. Having made the transition to homeworking, post-pandemic, many employees have continued to work from home some or all of the time. Household expenses Employees who work from home may incur costs as a result, such as increased household bills. … Read more
If you are an employee and you personally incur expenses in carrying out your job, you may be able to claim tax relief for those expenses. Relief is only available for expenses that you must incur, rather than those that you choose to incur, and the expenses must be incurred wholly, necessarily and exclusively in … Read more
For 2022/23 only, the rates of Class 1 (employer and employee) National Insurance contributions are increased by 1.25 percentage points, along with the rates of Class 1A, Class 1B and Class 4 contributions. The NIC increases are a temporary increase pending the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy from 6 April 2023. The … Read more
As the country emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, business travel is once again on the agenda. Where employees undertake business travel, they will usually be able to claim the associated expenses from their employer. If the journey is by car, the easiest way to do this is for the employer to pay a mileage allowance … Read more
Employers who provided taxable expenses and benefits to employees in 2019/20 need to tell HMRC about them by 6 July 2020, if they have not opted to tax them via the payroll. Non-payrolled taxable expenses and benefits are reported to HMRC on form P11D. Employers must also file a P11D(b) by the same date. This … Read more
