By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. The Money Matters column appears in the Pembrokeshire Herald, the Carmarthenshire Herald and the Llanelli Herald newspapers.By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants.
There’s some more important information this week about work you may need to sort out for the taxman at HMRC.
The forms P11D which report details of benefits and some expenses provided to employees and directors for the year ended 5 April 2019, are due for submission to HMRC by 6 July 2019.
The process of gathering the necessary information can take some time, so it is important that this process is not left to the last minute.
Employees pay tax on benefits provided as shown on the P11D, generally via a PAYE coding notice adjustment or through the self assessment system.
Some employers ‘payroll’ benefits and in this case the benefits do not need to be reported on forms P11D but employers should advise employees of the amount of benefits payrolled.
In addition, regardless of whether the benefits are being reported via P11D or payrolled the employer has to pay Class 1A National Insurance Contributions at 13.8% on the provision of most benefits.
The calculation of this liability is detailed on the P11D(b) form.
The deadline for payment of the Class 1A NIC is 19th July 2019 (or 22nd for cleared electronic payment).
HMRC has produced an expenses and benefits toolkit.
The toolkit consists of a checklist which may be used by advisers or employers to check they are completing the forms correctly.
If you would like any help with the completion of the forms or the calculation of the associated Class 1A NIC, then please get in touch with West Wales chartered accountants Clay Shaw Butler.
In other news, Brexit continues to dominate the headlines.
The government has published additional documents containing advice on Brexit for UK small businesses.
According to the government, the information will help business owners to ‘understand how leaving the EU may affect their business’.
The advisory documents cover a range of issues, from changes to UK-EU trade following Brexit, to alterations to how businesses send and receive personal data.
Amidst ongoing Brexit uncertainty, the government is urging businesses to ‘prepare now’. Businesses that import or export goods to the EU are urged to apply for a UK Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number if they have not already done so, in order to continue trading with the EU post-Brexit.
Businesses that provide services to or operate in the EU may need to comply with new rules following Brexit.
A business could be affected if it has a branch or branches in the EU; it operates in a services sector within the EU; it is planning a merger with an EU company; or if its employees have to travel to EU or European Economic Area (EEA) countries for business.
Meanwhile, businesses that hold intellectual property are warned that they may face changes to their copyright, patents, designs and trademarks following Brexit.
The government is urging small firms to use the European Exit Tool.
Weblink to the Exit Tool – https://www.gov.uk/business-uk-leaving-eu
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