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Tax on training course

davholla
davholla Posts: 523 Forumite
I've been Money Tipped!
I recently changed jobs. My old company charged me for a training course I went on because I left soon after
(not complaining about that).
However should they have deducted it from taxable pay
(reducing my tax burden) or from net pay (which is what they did)?

Comments

  • Devon_Sailor
    Devon_Sailor Posts: 307 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Wherever I have worked in the past, any payments have come out of net pay. Effectively, you are getting an up front, zero interest "loan" for your training which you are paying off.

    Regards,

    DS
  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Training to maintain your existing skills are tax allowable, training to enable you to do a different trade is not.
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