25/07/2019
Using a PAYE Settlement Agreement to Pay Some of Your Employee’s Tax
PAYE settlement agreements (PSAs) are arrangements under which an employer can settle the income tax and National Insurance liabilities on benefits in kind and expenses payments provided to employees and officeholders.
Setting up a PSA avoids passing on an unexpected, and potentially demotivating, tax charge to employees. Where a PSA has been agreed with HMRC, this will remove the need for any reporting on the individual’s P11D.
The items that can be included in the PSA must meet one of three criteria: minor, irregular or impracticable to apply PAYE or apportion between the employees receiving the benefit.
Although reporting will eventually go online, applications for a PSA are currently made in writing to HMRC. The Revenue will then issue a P626 contract, which states that the employer will pay the tax and National Insurance liability on agreed benefits.
The deadline for tax paid this way is 22 October 2019. The deadline for applying for a PSA was 5 July 2019.
For further information on Using a PAYE Settlement Agreement, please contact Michaela Johns on 023 8046 1256.
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