Hi,
For the past couple of years, my employer has offered a Salary Sacrifice scheme. Among the benefits available (most of which were of no interest to me) was the option to set aside a certain amount each month for use in the site canteen. This was very popular among those of us who work full-time at one location, but we've just been informed that next tax year this facility will no longer be offered. Does anyone know what change at HMRC, if any, has prompted this?
The information we've been given is that "HMRC have recently tightened the guidelines", and that we would have been required to take "a standard meal [...] for a daily credit amount" or "use meal credit on specific days without the ability to carry any forward". That constitutes the entirety of the explanation we've been given, so any further detail will be of interest.
Our current rules already ensure that credits can only be spent on food or drink for the individual (no buying a mate a coffee) and we're not permitted to change the amount sacrificed per month except at year-end.
Thanks,
Pete