Jury service

catz1ct

Hi, can anyone tell me if jury service expenses are taxable?

My employer will pay my full salary while I am on jury service but they said they will make an adjustment to my pay later and I will have to make a claim for loss of earnings. Just trying to work out if I will be out of pocket or not.

Thanks.

Sparhawke

Regardless of you being out of pocket or not you are still required to do jury service if you are summoned, your employer is being good to you paying you money anyway during this period but it seems it is impossible to let you know whether being out of pocket or not since we do not know length of service, travel distances and suchlike.

https://www.gov.uk/jury-service/taking-time-off-work

https://www.gov.uk/jury-service/what-you-can-claim

A solicitor would more than likely have a better clue than me ( I am not one ) but I cannot find anything in the official pages about paying tax on earnings and reclaiming them since you will not be working for the firm at the time?

A good person to ask advice off would be a court usher if they have a spare moment?

(Only way out of it is throwing yourself under a bus the day before, something I do not recommend..)

Savvy_Sue

I don't think you'll be out of pocket.

Your employer will pay full pay.

You will make a claim for attending.

You will tell your employer (or I believe the court may do it for you) what you receive from the court.

They will deduct it from your next available salary payment.

We've had to do this a couple of times at work.

Mersey_2

It depends what you mean by 'expenses'


ie lunch (£5.71) and transport expenses are not taxed. They prefer you to get the bus or train (retain tickets), but will refund car parking fees and pay something like 30p per mile for car use. Just don't get taxis is the main advice I recall from the Usher.


Savvy Sue is correct re refunded usual employee earnings.


Only self-employed claims are usually queried as employee's usual earnings should be fairly certain.


You can't be paid twice if that was the suggestion ie there are no 'loss of earnings' for you to claim for if you are paid by your employer - and you do need to sign a form that goes to the HMCTS so best to be honest.

McKneff

There is a ceiling on loss of earnings and it's not very high. Check on line

catz1ct

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

I don't think you'll be out of pocket.

Your employer will pay full pay.

You will make a claim for attending.

You will tell your employer (or I believe the court may do it for you) what you receive from the court.

They will deduct it from your next available salary payment.

We've had to do this a couple of times at work.

Thank you, this makes sense.


FYI I have no problem doing Jury service and I know it is my public duty, I was just trying to work out what I need to do financially.

Savvy_Sue

catz1ct wrote: »

FYI I have no problem doing Jury service and I know it is my public duty, I was just trying to work out what I need to do financially.

BTW, I don't know how you are financially, but if things are tight, when the court pays your expenses please do not let them burn a hole in your pocket - your employer will be deducting them from your next wages!!!