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You can have a tax free Christmas party with your team<\/a>. But make sure you get the details right or you could have an unwanted tax bill<\/p>\n

Now is usually<\/em> the time that businesses are planning Christmas parties for their team. Of course, with the continued pandemic and various lockdowns Christmas is looking pretty much cancelled this year. Or is it?<\/p>\n

Many of our clients<\/a> are hosting virtual Christmas parties from home, and giving their team a supermarket or takeaway voucher to buy some food in. If this is you – then great! The good news is that you can take advantage of tax exemptions for Christmas parties.<\/p>\n

You can have a tax free Christmas party. If you meet the various criteria outlined below then there is no requirement to report anything to HMRC or pay tax and National Insurance. There will also be no taxable benefit charged to employees. Hurray!<\/p>\n

The small print…<\/h5>\n
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  1. An annual Christmas party or other annual event offered to staff generally is not taxable on those attending provided that the average cost per head of the function does not exceed \u00a3150.<\/li>\n
  2. The event must be open to all employees. If a business has multiple locations, then a party open to all staff at one of the locations is allowable. You can also have separate parties for separate departments, but employees must be able to attend one of the events.<\/li>\n
  3. There can be more than one annual event. If the total cost of these parties is under \u00a3150 per head<\/a>, then there is no chargeable benefit. However, if the total cost per head goes over \u00a3150 then whichever functions best utilise the \u00a3150 are exempt and the others taxable. Note, the \u00a3150 is not an allowance and any costs over \u00a3150 per head are taxable on the full cost per head.<\/li>\n
  4. It is not necessary to keep a running total by employee but a cost per head per function. All costs including VAT<\/a> must be considered. This includes the costs of transport to and from the event, food and drink and any accommodation provided.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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