You have certain tax, National Insurance and reporting obligations if you contribute to an employee鈥檚 relocation costs as their employer. Relocation costs can include: buying or selling a home moving buying certain things for a new home bridging loans other relocation expenses (these are counted as 鈥榥on-qualifying鈥� costs and have different rules )

What you do not have to report

Some relocation costs up to 拢8,000 are exempt from reporting and paying tax and National Insurance. These are called 鈥榪ualifying鈥� costs and include: the costs of buying or selling a home moving costs buying certain things for a new home bridging loans These are only qualifying costs when: a new employee is moving area to start a job with you an existing employee is changing their place of work within your organisation the employee鈥檚 new home is reasonably close to the workplace and their old home is not the costs are paid before the end of the tax year that鈥檚 after the one in which the employee started their job For qualifying costs over 拢8,000, you may have to report and pay tax and National Insurance. Bridging loans For a bridging loan to count as a qualifying cost: your employee (or members of their family) must sell their old home and buy a new one it must be needed to bridge the gap between buying the new house and getting the money from their sale of the old one it must be used only to buy the new house or pay off loans relating to the old home it cannot be for more than the market value of the old home at the time the new home is bought

What to report and pay

You do not have to report or deduct anything for qualifying costs up to 拢8,000. Qualifying costs over 拢8,000 You must: report on form P11D pay Class 1A National Insurance on the amount above 拢8,000 Non-qualifying benefits that you arrange and pay the supplier directly You must: report on form P11D pay Class 1A National Insurance on the cost to you Non-qualifying benefits that your employee arranges, but you pay the supplier directly You must: report on form P11D add the cost to the employee鈥檚 other earnings and deduct and pay Class 1 National Insurance (but not PAYE tax) through payroll Non-qualifying expenses or benefits where you reimburse your employee鈥檚 costs Non-qualifying expenses or benefits where you pay your employee back their costs count as earnings, so you must: add them to the employee鈥檚 other earnings deduct and pay PAYE tax and Class 1 National Insurance through payroll

For qualifying costs the value is any amount above 拢8,000. For all other costs calculate tax or National Insurance using the full cost of providing the benefit. Use HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ) P11D working sheet if you need help working out the cash equivalent of relocation benefits.

HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ) have more detailed guidance on: employment income: removal or transfer costs Class 1 National Insurance: Expenses and allowances: Relocation allowances

Expenses and benefits: relocation costs: Overview

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Expenses and benefits: relocation costs

Overview

You have certain tax, National Insurance and reporting obligations if you contribute to an employee鈥檚 relocation costs as their employer.

Relocation costs can include:

buying or selling a home
moving
buying certain things for a new home
bridging loans
other relocation expenses (these are counted as 鈥榥on-qualifying鈥� costs and have different rules)

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