NIM02488 - Class 1: Vouchers - non-cash vouchers – qualifying childcare vouchers from 6th April 2005 – how to calculate the exempt amount – example 1 – employee with regular monthly payment of vouchers in 2005/06 tax year – calculation based on the legislation - payment in tax month 11 - earnings paid 28th February 2006
The calculation of the chargeable expense is as month 1 ie,
£217 (
NIM02478).
The exempt amount is calculated using the formula E x QW
where:
E = £50
QW is the number of qualifying weeks:
(a) for which the employee has been employed by the secondary contributor during the tax year in which in which the qualifying childcare voucher is provided; and
(b) for which no other qualifying childcare voucher has been provided by the secondary contributor.
As the vouchers are not provided during the period 6th April
2005 to 5th October 2005, the modified rule for calculating the
exempt amount does not apply (see
NIM02472). So employer A must use the
general rule for calculating the exempt amount (see
NIM02471).
QW(a) = 47 (the number of qualifying weeks for which Z has
been employed by employer A at the time the voucher is provided).
As employee Z has already had qualifying childcare vouchers for 43
qualifying weeks (ie, those provided in months 1 to 10), the value
of QW is 4.
So the exempt amount is £50 x 4 = £200.
As the chargeable expense - £217 – exceeds the
exempt amount, only that latter amount may be disregarded. So:
- only £200 may be disregarded in calculating the employee Z’s earnings for February;
- employer A must include £17 (ie, £217 minus £200) in Z’s for the purposes of calculating the amount of Class 1 NICs due.
For details of how to calculate the exempt amount:
- for month 10, see NIM02487
- for month 12, see NIM02489
- using the simplified method of calculation, see NIM02491.
