Redundancy

MVT

Hi everyone,

One of my directors was made redundant in November last year - well it was more of a mutual agreement to be honest! There were a number of payments due to her and the other directors decided to pay her redundancy using the £30,000 tax free option.

My question is although there is no tax implications involved does she need to declare the payment to HMRC?

This wasn't paid through the payroll - we are paying it by 6 monthly installments.

Many thanks,

Monsoon

Good question. I don't believe it's declarable direct to HMRC. It would be declared in a note to the accounts under "compensation to past directors for loss of office".

It's only tax free if it's ex-gratia, i.e. there is no provision for it in their contract.

MVT

Thanks Monsoon - that's what I thought.

The directors and I checked her contract before the proposal was made and there is definitely no provision in her contract for this.