Chapter 25 Termination Payment Flashcards

(6 cards)

1
Q

What termination payments are fully taxable?

A

Any which are part of the employees contracts so really for their services

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What termination payments are fully exempt?

A

Ones made on the death of an employee or injury or disability of an employee

Also ones that just go straight into a pension

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What termination payments are partially taxable?

A

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

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4
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What is PENP?

A

Post employment notice pay

When an employment is terminated for the expiration of a contractual notice period

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How to work out how much of a termination fee is PENP?

A

[(Basic pay - days in notice period ) divided by days into pay period when termination happened ] - anything is termination pay that is already taxable

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If there is termation payment which exceeds £30k exempt it is taxed as a fourth collum after dividend income

A

True

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