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Find out more information on deductions for employee costs or expenses.
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) and deducting any money an employee owes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from their pay
As an employer you may be asked to deduct benefit overpayments an employee…
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will write to you if you need…
To calculate the deductions from your employee’s pay you’ll have to: work…
When calculating Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) payments, you should…
Find out about tax reliefs and allowances available from HMRC if you run a business, employ people or are self-employed.
What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.
Find out about the legal background to expenses payments and benefits received by directors and employees.
How different types of trust income are taxed, what management expenses and reliefs can be deducted, and understanding the tax pool.
How to make debt deductions from an employee's pay because of an 'attachment of earnings order' (AEO) from a court. Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
If you're a company, find out if you can claim the super-deduction or special rate first year (SR) allowance on plant or machinery costs.
How to work out the balancing charge when you dispose of or sell plant or machinery after claiming allowances for them.
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
A new 130% first-year capital allowance for qualifying plant and machinery assets; and a 50% first-year allowance for qualifying special rate assets.
How to complete your CT600 Company Tax Return form for Corporation Tax and what information you need to include.
Tax and reporting rules for employers who provide transport subsistence expenses for employees.
Find out about how and what you’ll be paid and how to check your pay when you’re employed by an umbrella company as a temporary worker.
How to use Method 4 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
How to report expenses and benefits you provide to employees or directors.
How to claim Corporation Tax relief when your limited company donates money, land, property or shares to charity
Guidance for current creditors or suppliers, for example, utility suppliers and landlords, on how the deductions from benefit scheme works.
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