Company tax

Letter to HMRC regarding pool car statusIf you make a "pool car" available to one or more employees, subject to conditions, it does not count as a taxable benefit in kind. If you are at all unsure whether the tricky conditions are met you can write to ... Read more

Employer/employee company car and van fuel agreementTo avoid a tax charge arising where you provide an employee with fuel for their company car, have an agreement requiring them to reimburse the cost.Fuel benefit chargeIn addition to the company car b... Read more

Employee travel expenses policyResponsibility for determining whether business expenses reimbursed to employees and directors are exempt from tax and NI rests with the employer. Therefore, it's good practice to have a travel expenses policy in place. ... Read more

Election for alternative maximum age basisCompanies looking to raise finance via an enterprise investment scheme (EIS) have to receive their first tranche of funding within seven years of their first commercial sale. However, if the company qualifies... Read more

Company van agreementNo taxable benefit in kind arises from making a company van available to an employee if they are not entitled to use it for private journeys and do not actually do so. To avoid the benefit you make an agreement with or set a pol... Read more

Checklist of employment status factorsIf HMRC decides that an individual contractor should have been treated as your employee, it will ask you to pay the tax and NI that should have been deducted from their pay through PAYE, plus the employers' NI.  ... Read more

VAT voluntary disclosure of error letterIf you discover an error on a VAT return, you will need to correct it. In most cases this can be done simply by amending your next return, but where the error results in an increase in your VAT liability you sh... Read more

Reasonable excuse letterHMRC has a wide range of penalties available to it. Many of these can be reduced while others can be removed completely where you have a reasonable excuse for the action which gave rise to the penalty. Having a reasonable excu... Read more

Employee - provision of home telephone policyIf one or more of your employees work from home and need a landline phone for work purposes, you might agree to provide the equipment and pay the rent and call charges. HMRC may argue that a benefit in kin... Read more

Cars and car allowances policyIf you provide your employees with a car you can use a policy to set the detailed terms and conditions of its use. However, you must now provide the key information relating to benefits, including company cars, in the wr... Read more