How to get your PAYE checked?

Slider · 2009-02-19T11:31:44+00:00

Hi I am wanting to get my wife's PAYE checked out. She has had a "K" tax code for several years now. Can anyone point me in the right direction to any companies who provide this service? I am in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Do these companies charge a flat fee, or take a percentage of any overpaid amount returned? Thank you

Martin 17 years ago

Providing, though, that the right contracts are in place. Merely paying the full cost to the company is not sufficient to make it her car.

It could be argued, but I'm sure you'd lose the argument. A company has to demonstrate that the car is not available for private use at all at all - and that's very tough (eg see EIM23800). What kind of contract would give the employee full use of the car for private use 24/7/52, without denying the company any benefits?

Quite possibly. Flexible benefits is a fairly recent idea, and I suspect loads of people are getting it a bit wrong, or at least not being very tax efficient.

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Simon 17 years ago

Oh definitely Coffin, you were dead on the mark

Its a good job I'm not Will then! :-S

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Simon 17 years ago

I think Ronald is quoting an actual case that was in use by a Motor Manufacturer. The problem is its never actually 40/60 or such general splits. the trick is to ensure that by the year end, you have sufficiently detailed mileage records to demonstrate the actual proportion and that the payments made by each party match.

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