NIM02480 - 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 3 – earnings paid 30th June 2005

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 qualifying childcare voucher is provided during the period 6th April 2005 to 5th October 2005, then the figure in (a) of QW above is taken as 26 (see NIM02472).

But employee Z has already had qualifying childcare vouchers for 8 qualifying weeks as a result of the vouchers they received in months 1 and 2. So the value of QW is 18.

So the exempt amount is £50 x 18 = £900.

But the total of the exempted amounts in the period 6th April 2005 to 5th October 2005 must not exceed £1,300. Employee Z has already had £434 disregarded in the calculation of their earnings in months 1 and 2. As:

  • the chargeable expense - £217 - is less than the exempt amount;
  • which together with the amounts disregarded in months 1 and 2 (£434) is still less than £1,300

the full amount of the chargeable expense of £217 is disregarded in calculating the amount of employee Z’s earnings for June.

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