What termination payments are fully taxable?
Any which are part of the employees contracts so really for their services
What termination payments are fully exempt?
Ones made on the death of an employee or injury or disability of an employee
Also ones that just go straight into a pension
What termination payments are partially taxable?
Termination payments that are for redundancy or genuine ex gratia compensation payment such as compensation for loss of office
In these situation the first £30,000 are tax-free
What is PENP?
Post employment notice pay
When an employment is terminated for the expiration of a contractual notice period
How to work out how much of a termination fee is PENP?
[(Basic pay - days in notice period ) divided by days into pay period when termination happened ] - anything is termination pay that is already taxable
If there is termation payment which exceeds £30k exempt it is taxed as a fourth collum after dividend income
True