TRIVIAL BENEFITS – NO TRIVIAL MATTER

Benjamin Franklin famously stated that “in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Focusing on the second of these, as a rule of thumb, tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are payable on most types of income and benefits an employer provides to their employees. Trivial benefits – a handy tax exemption – partly disproves Franklin’s statement and may be of benefit in a workplace…

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