Vouchers

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What do HMRC consider to be a voucher?
If you provide vouchers to your employees, you need to report these to HMRC and there might be additional tax and National Insurance to pay. This includes vouchers which are exchangeable for cash as well as vouchers which can only be exchanged for goods or services. This guide doesn’t cover childcare vouchers, which are covered in our ‘Childcare’ guide.
How do you report these to HMRC and pay on them?
How you report these to HMRC and what additional PAYE tax or National Insurance should be paid all depends on whether you can exchange the vouchers for cash.
If the vouchers can be exchanged for cash, these count as earnings as far as HMRC is concerned. This means you need to add their value to the other earnings of the employee and deduct PAYE tax and Class 1 National Insurance through payroll, just as you do for their other earnings.
If the vouchers are only exchangeable for goods and services and not cash, you need to report the value of the vouchers to HMRC on your P11D form. You should then add the cost of them to your employee’s other earnings and deduct Class 1 National Insurance through your payroll. There is no PAYE tax to be paid on these kinds of vouchers.
There are some vouchers which are exempt from Class 1 National Insurance. These include vouchers to cover fuel for company vehicles, vouchers for workplace parking, meal vouchers and transport fir disabled employees. These vouchers still need to be reported to HMRC on your P11D form but there is no additional National Insurance to be deducted.
How can DSR Tax Refunds help?
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This page was last updated on 07/11/2018.

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