Tool allowances

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What is a tool allowance?
HMRC consider a tool allowance to be a payment you give to an employee which is used to buy tools that are only to be used in doing their job, not for personal use.
If you provide a tool allowance to your employees, you might have to report this as a benefit to HMRC and there might be additional tax and National Insurance to pay.
What should you report and pay?
Some tool allowances are covered by exemptions, which means that they don’t need to be reported to HMRC or included in end-of-year reporting to HMRC. Uniforms and tools for work are expenses which are covered by these exemptions, which have replaced the older-style dispensations.
If the tool allowances you provide aren’t covered by an exemption, you need to report the allowance on your P11D. If you allow these tools to be used privately by your employees, HMRC consider the tool allowance to be extra earnings so needs to be added to their other earnings and then PAYE tax and Class 1 National Insurance should be deducted through your payroll.
How can DSR Tax Refunds help?
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This page was last updated on 07/11/2018.

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