are job "perks" taxable?

dobbie82

other than company cars, what job perks are taxable? and how?

private healthcare?
accomodation?
Food?

I know you can get a portion of your wage paid tax free in childcare vouchers.

Eg if a hotel couldnt afford to pay a Manager 30k, could they pay them 20k + accomodation? How would this be taxed? I know for a hotel room its something like a maximum of £30 a week can be deducted, but what about a staff house?

sorry for such a vauge question!

Little_Chicken

private healthcare is. Accomodation and food shouldn't be as the company should claim VAT against it.

mikewebs

Accommodation can only be tax exempt if it is an essential part of your job that you live in a specific place - eg clergy in a vicarage etc

mr_fishbulb

Page 7 should do it:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/guidance/480.pdf

fengirl_2

With reference to the hotel manager, if it could be shown that s/he was required to live on the premises for security reasons, or if it was traditional to live on site, then there would be no benefit in kind. If this did not apply, then a nominal cost of the room would need to be agreed between the employer and HMRC. If it was a separate house, the benefit in kind is based on the RV, plus any running costs paid by the employer.
Such benefits are taxed through the PAYE system by a restriction being put in the employee's code number to collect the tax on a weekly/monthly basis.
Provision of food is exempt from tax if food is provided to all employees equally - it has nothing to do with VAT.

dobbie82

thanks for all your helpful replies, my friend would rather find a job paying straight cash really, but if its a struggling hotel with lots of empty rooms its not gonna hurt them to provide accomodation, (the owner lives on site so maybe that confuses matters?) but they wouldnt want to be paid like that forever!

But its good to see whats worth negotiating for.

dobbie82

"would rather find a job paying straight cash really"



p.s. i dont mean cash in hand, i mean a set wage as opposed to wage + perk + bonus