Holidays
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How should you report holidays to HMRC?
If you, as an employer, provide holidays for your staff, you may have to report this to HMRC and there may be additional tax and National Insurance to day. It all depends on the circumstances. What you have to report and whether you need to pay depends on the following circumstances:
- Whether you arrange the holiday yourself or your employee does
- Whether you pay for the holiday directly or whether the employee pays and you reimburse them
- Whether you provide an actual holiday or vouchers which can be exchanged for a holiday.
Holiday vouchers
If you provide your staff with holiday vouchers which they can exchange for a holiday, you need to report this cost on your P11D form and deduct and pay Class 1 National Insurance based on the cost to you of the vouchers. There is no PAYE tax implication in this circumstance.
Holidays you pay for directly
The exact reporting details depend on who has arranged the holiday. If you have arranged the holiday and paid for it, it must be reported on your P11D and you will pay Class 1A National Insurance on its cost to you. If your employee arranges the holiday but you pay for it directly, it needs to be reported on your PD and you will deduct and pay Class 1 National Insurance on the cost to you but there will be no impact on PAYE tax.
Holidays arranged and paid for by your employee and reimbursed by you
As far as HMRC are concerned, this would count as additional earnings so you would need to add the amount you reimbursed your employee to their other earnings and then deduct Class 1 National Insurance and PAYE tax through payroll just as you would with their other earnings.
Salary sacrifice arrangements
If holidays form part of a salary sacrifice arrangement and the amount of salary given up is greater than the cost of the holiday, you need to report the salary amount on your P11D. This only applies to salary sacrifice arrangements made after 6th April 2017.
How can DSR Tax Refunds help?
We aim to make life as simple as possible for our clients and that includes giving you the information you need to make your taxes (and your life) simpler and less stressful. Our team of experts at DSR Tax Refunds are always on hand to help our clients and our excellent standing with HMRC means that we can make sure you don’t fall foul of their regulations, while claiming your maximum tax relief. We can even take care of all that paperwork and deal with HMRC on your behalf too. Call our friendly team on 0330 122 9972 – we’re the tax experts you can trust.
This page was last updated on 07/11/2018.