Many employers pay for their employees to have a flu jab each year. They figure that the expense will be worth it for a combination of a) reducing sickness absence and b) being kind to their team.
Historically, they’ve most commonly done it by giving the employees vouchers that they can take to a provider to cash in for a jab, or arranged for the jabs to be done at the workplace. There’s no tax bill for the employee (the voucher or jab will have cost less than £50 and will be covered by the “Trival Benefits” exemption).
Apparently, in the last year or so demand has increased and vouchers have been harder to get, and many people haven’t been in their workplace to get it done there. Consequently, many employers have asked the staff to arrange the jab and reclaim the cost on expenses. That, however, *is* a taxable benefit, and the employee is supposed to be taxed on it - expense claims lie outside the Trivial Benefit rules.
Think about how you’re doing things, not just what you’re doing!
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