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Honoraria and similar payments

Definitions or restrictions

You make a payment to an employee in recognition of unpaid services they provide as an office-holder in a separate organisation – for example, as a sports club secretary.

What to report, what to pay

The payment counts as earnings, so:

  • add it to your employee's other earnings
  • deduct and pay PAYE tax and Class 1 NICs using your usual payroll procedures

Work out the value to use

The value to use is the amount of your payment to the employee.

Technical guidance

NIM02205: Honoraria and similar payments