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Borrow Money From My Employer

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Looking at the Inland Revenue site I saw that it is possible to borrow up to 5K a year from your employer without it effecting your tax code.

What documentation is needed to make such a transaction watertight?

i.e. my employer needs reassurance that they will recover the money should I leave the company.

Cheers

CF

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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    It would need to be a proper loan agreement.
    Usually there is a clause that you must pay the loan in full if you leave the company. And that they have a right to withhold your final wages to repay the loan (and after that to recover any further balance remaining by usual routes).
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  • liam8282
    liam8282 Posts: 2,864 Forumite
    I am not entirely sure, but loans upto £5,000 from your employer are exempt.

    If it was over £5,000, there would possibly be issues with it being a benefit in kind.
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