Emergency tax codes

The letters in an employee’s tax code signify their entitlement (or not) to the annual tax free personal allowance. The tax codes are updated annually and help employer’s work out how much tax to deduct from an employee’s pay packet.  The basic...

Tax on public transport season tickets

There are certain tax rules that it is important to be aware of where you pay for the public transport costs of your employees. The provision of public transport costs include: season tickets provided for employees; season ticket costs reimbursed to employees; loans...

Mobile phones and tax

When an employer incurs costs for the provision of mobile phones to employees it is important to understand the correct tax treatment of these expenses. This includes costs for phones provided to employees and reimbursement of employee’s own phone costs. As a...