Employment Income Flashcards
What is the employment income working??
Salary X
Bonus X
Taxable Benefits X
= Employment Income
How is employment income taxed?
Employment income is taxed on a receipts basis:
Salary: Tax the gross amount received on every pay day in the tax year
Bonus: Deemed to be received on the earlier of:
- the payment date
- the date when the individual becomes entitled to payment
Taxable benefits: later cards. If the benefit has only been provided for only part of the tax year time apportion to the nearest month
What happens if an employer provides a benefit where there is no specific rule for calculating the benefit?
If an employer provides a benefit, where there is no specific rule for calculating the benefit, the employee is taxed on the marginal cost to the employer, less any contributions made by the employee
How do you tax non-cash vouchers?
A voucher or card exchangeable for goods or services (e.g. a book token)
Cost to the employer, less any amount paid by the employee
How do you tax cash vouchers?
A voucher or card exchangeable for cash
Amount for which the voucher can be exchanged
How do you tax a credit token?
Usually a credit card, which can be used to obtain money, goods or services
Cost to the employer, less any amount paid by the employee
What are trivial benefits?
These are exempt (although there is an annual cap of £300 in respect of such benefits when provided to certain directors)
Trivial benefits must meet all the following:
- the cost of providing the benefit does not exceed £50
- it is not cash or a cash voucher
- it is not provided in recognition of services
Otherwise it is taxed normally
Is living accomodation taxable?
The provision of living accomodation is not taxable if it is job-related, meaning:
- necessary for performance of duties e.g., caretaker
- customary to be provided, e.g. police officers
- provided for security, e.g soldier barracks
How does a director qualify for necessary or customary job-related accommodation?
They must:
- own no more than 5% shares in company
- be a full time working director (unless the company is charity/non-profit making)
What happens when the living accommodation provided by the employer is not job related but the employer rents the property?
if the employer rents the property, the benefit is the higher of:
- the annual or rateable value (given in the question), and
- the rent paid by employer
The benefit should be time apportioned for part availability and any rent paid by the employee is deducted from the value of the benefit
What happens when the living accommodation provided by the employer is not job related but the employer owns the property?
The basic benefit is the rateable value (given in the question)
If the cost of the house exceeds £75,000 the additional benefit is calculated as:
(‘Cost’ - £75,000) x official rate of interest at start of tax year
- Cost is generally the original value when the employer purchased the property
- If the employer owned the property for more than six years before employee moved in use the market value at the date the employee moved in as the ‘cost’ for calculating the benefit
- Include any capital improvements between the date on which ‘cost’ is determined (date of purchase/employee moving in) up to the start of the tax year
What is the official rate of interest from 6 April 2020?
2.25%
What other benefits does accomodation incur?
There is further benefit for related living expenses paid for by the employer, such as:
- heating and lighting
- cleaning
- repairs
- decoration
How do you calculate a single car benefit?
A separate tax benefit is taxable if the employer provides private fuel for the car
Car benefit = manufacturer’s list price x CO2 emissions
If the employee makes a contribution towards the private use of the car, this is deducted from the taxable benefit
There is no car benefit for genuine pool cars
How do you calculate manufacturer’s list price?
- Include optional extras
- Deduct any capital contribution made by the employee ( up to a maximum of £5,000)
