NIM02050 - Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : List of specific types of payment


The guidance at NIM02005-NIM02045 sets out the main considerations for deciding whether a payment is earnings for the purposes of Class 1 NICs. The following table lists specific types of payment which might be encountered and points the way to further guidance regarding the NICs position in respect of these items.

Advance payments or “subs”NIM02055
Annuity contractsNIM02060
Arrears of payNIM02065
Bank chargesNIM02067
Bonus paymentsNIM02070
CommissionNIM02075
Community Charge paid by the employerNIM02080
Company carNIM02085
Company credit cardsNIM02090
Concessionary fuel for miners and former miners– payments made in place of fuelNIM02095
Council Tax, water or sewerage chargesNIM02100
Course fees and examination rewardsNIM02105
Credit card reward paymentsNIM02108
DamagesNIM02110
DividendsNIM02115
Earnings paid in later yearNIM02120
Employer holds back part of the employee’s earningsNIM02125
Employment legislation paymentsNIM02130
Examples of how to calculate grossed-up taxNIM02377
Ex-gratia paymentsNIM02140
Ex-gratia payments made to retiring employees/directorsNIM02610
Eye tests and the provision of glassesNIM02145
FeesNIM02150
Funded Unapproved Retirement Benefit Schemes (FURBS) up to 5th April 2006NIM02155
GiftsNIM02165
Gold bullionNIM02180
‘Golden handshakes’NIM02620
‘Golden hellos’ – inducement paymentsNIM02185
Goods and/or services purchased by directors and other employeesNIM02190
Guarantee payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02198
Holiday payNIM02200
Honoraria and similar paymentsNIM02205
LoansNIM02210
Local Exchange and Trading System schemes (LETS)NIM02215
Local Medical CommitteesNIM02216
Long service awardsNIM02218
Lost time paymentsNIM02220
Maternity suspension payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02225
Medical coverNIM02230
Medical expenses paid through trust fundsNIM02235
Medical suspension payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02238
Mortgages and mortgage subsidiesNIM02240
National Health Service employees receiving injury benefitsNIM02245
National Insurance benefitsNIM02250
Occupational pensionsNIM02255
Offerings, gifts or fees to ministers of religionNIM02260
OvertimeNIM02265
Payment of billsNIM02270
Payment for changed method of paying earningsNIM02275
Payment for changes in conditions of employmentNIM02280
Payments made on termination of employment : GeneralNIM02510
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs) : GeneralNIM02520
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs) : Contractual PILONsNIM02530
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs) : Termination of employment by agreementNIM02540
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs) : Expectation or customNIM02550
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs) : ‘Gardening leave’NIM02560
Payments in lieu of remuneration (PILORs)NIM02570
Payments made to clergy resigning over ordination of women priestsNIM02630
Payments under an order for the continuation of a contract of employmentNIM02283
Payroll GivingNIM02175
Pensions up to 5th April 2006NIM02285
Employer contributions to an employee’s personal pensionNIM02290
Prize-money – horse racingNIM02300
Profit-related payNIM02305
Protective awards under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992NIM02312
Re-engagement orders under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02313
Reinstatement orders under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02314
Redundancy payments : GeneralNIM02580
Redundancy payments : Definition of redundancyNIM02590
Redundancy payments : Statutory and non-statutory paymentsNIM02600
Religious ordersNIM02315
Restrictive covenantsNIM02320
Retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006NIM02700
Retirement or dismissalNIM02325
Salary sacrificesNIM02330
Season ticketsNIM02335
Shares and securitiesNIM02340
Sick pay from a trust fund, stamp fund or insured sick pay schemeNIM02345
Smart Pensions SchemeNIM02331
Staff suggestion schemesNIM02350
Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption PayNIM02355
Superannuation contributionsNIM02365
Tax and National Insurance contributionsNIM02370
Taxed Award Schemes (TAS)NIM02375
Tax equalisation paymentsNIM02380
Third party claims for damages – payments other than Statutory Sick PayNIM02385
Tradeable commoditiesNIM02391
Training and similar costsNIM02392
Trust fundsNIM02404
Value Added TaxNIM02405
VouchersNIM02410