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If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
If you’re an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or…
You must report taxable expenses or benefits you provide to your employees…
What you need to do Deadline after the end of the tax year Report expenses…
You must keep a record of all expenses and benefits you provide to your…
You do not have to report some routine employee expenses to HM Revenue and…
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
If you’re self-employed, your business will have various running costs.…
Claim items you’d normally use for less than 2 years as allowable…
You can claim allowable business expenses for costs such as: vehicle…
You can claim allowable business expenses for costs such as: uniforms…
You can claim allowable business expenses for costs such as: employee and…
You can claim allowable business expenses for costs such as: goods for…
Accountancy, legal and other professional fees can count as allowable…
You can claim allowable business expenses for costs such as: advertising…
You can claim allowable business expenses for training that helps you:…
Keep records of all your business expenses as proof of your costs. Tell HM…
Tax and reporting rules for employers who provide transport subsistence expenses for employees.
As an employer paying your employees’ travel costs, you have certain tax,…
You’ll be exempt from reporting or paying anything if the cost is for: a…
You must report your employees’ travel to HM Revenue and Customs (unless…
The following guides contain more detailed information: travel expenses…
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
Find out about the legal background to expenses payments and benefits received by directors and employees.
Tax and reporting rules for assets bought, sold or given
As an employer, you might need to report any expenses or benefits you provide to employees - tax and National Insurance (NI) payments
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
Find out information about employee incidentals overnight expenses for business travel.
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