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The new rules for expenses and benefits in kind

KEY POINTS

  • The Office of Tax Simplification announces a package of four measures.
  • A PAYE settlement agreement enables employers to deal with benefits that are not within the payrolling system.
  • Items that are minor irregular and difficult to quantify may be returned through the PAYE settlement agreement.
  • A 5 July deadline for the approval of agreements by HMRC.
  • A detailed consideration of some specific benefits in kind.

Following a review of benefits in kind by the Office of Tax Simplification a package of four measures was announced by HM Treasury. The proposals were as follows.

  • Abolition of the threshold for the taxation of benefits in kind for employees who earn at a rate of less than £8 500 a year.
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