Employee expenses questions

[cookiewise]

My husband has just started a job with a company whose headquarters are abroad. He is paid by PAYE monthly. He often has to travel to the company headquarters abroad and pay for things like taxis to the HQ which they reimburse him into his bank account as a company expense.

Recently he has paid a lot of money to attend a conference which is related to his line of work and his company reimbursed him in full for this expense (he would not go to the conference if he was not working for this company).

Is it up to the company to submit these expenses on a P11d?

Presumably none of these expenses are tax/NI deductable since they are related to doing his job and he would not be needing them if he wasn't working for this company?

Is there a difference between company expenses that are considered expenses within a company and what HMRC regards as expenses?

He submits a tax return each year as he is also the director of a currently turnoverless Limited Company.

 

[ethical PR]

As your husband is on a company payroll, he needs to talk to the HR team where he works, or his line manager. They will tell him what expenses he can claim for and how to do so.

He doesn't need to do anything else other than claim for any allowable expenses and he will normally receive these with his next pay packet.

 

[cookiewise]

As your husband is on a company payroll, he needs to talk to the HR team where he works, or his line manager. They will tell him what expenses he can claim for and how to do so.

He doesn't need to do anything else other than claim for any allowable expenses and he will normally receive these with his next pay packet.

Will the company give him a P11d or does he need to do this himself? Do expenses that are not benefits in kind need to be declared to HMRC/put on a p11d as obviously he is not benefitting from either of these and would not be doing them if it wasn't for his work.

 

[vvaannmmaann]

HMRC notes here.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/payerti/exb/forms.htm

 

[David Griffiths]

It is very likely that the company has an agreement with HMRC that such expenses don't need to be included on form P11d. This arrangement is called a dispensation and normally applies to expenses that are a direct reimbursement and also other expenses that are paid on fixed scales agreed with HMRC

In any event, the reporting of these items is the responsibility of the employer not your husband

 

[cookiewise]

It is very likely that the company has an agreement with HMRC that such expenses don't need to be included on form P11d. This arrangement is called a dispensation and normally applies to expenses that are a direct reimbursement and also other expenses that are paid on fixed scales agreed with HMRC

In any event, the reporting of these items is the responsibility of the employer not your husband

Thank you for clearing that up.