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National Insurance Manual

NIM02000 · Class 1 NICs: earnings of employees and office holders

  • NIM02005 · Introduction
  • NIM02010 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Meaning of "earnings"
  • NIM02015 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Liability for Class 1 NICs
  • NIM02020 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Payments excluded from liability
  • NIM02025 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Payments which are deemed to be earnings
  • NIM02030 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Important principles
  • NIM02035 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Lump sum payments
  • NIM02040 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Sums paid under a contract of employment
  • NIM02045 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders: Customary payments
  • NIM02050 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : List of specific types of payment
  • NIM02055 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders: Advance payments or 'subs'
  • NIM02060 · Annuity contracts
  • NIM02065 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Arrears of pay
  • NIM02067 · Bank charges
  • NIM02070 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Bonus payments
  • NIM02075 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Commission
  • NIM02080 · Community Charge paid by the employer: General
  • NIM02085 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Company car
  • NIM02090 · Company credit cards
  • NIM02095 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Payments to miners and former miners in place of concessionary fuel
  • NIM02100 · Council Tax or water or sewerage charges
  • NIM02105 · Course fees and examination rewards
  • NIM02108 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders: Credit card reward payments
  • NIM02110 · Damages
  • NIM02115 · Class 1 NICs: Earnings of employees and office holders: Dividends
  • NIM02120 · Class 1 NICs: Earnings of employees and office holders: Earnings paid in later year
  • NIM02125 · Employer holds back part of the employee's earnings
  • NIM02130 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Employment legislation payments
  • NIM02140 · Ex-gratia payments
  • NIM02145 · Class 1 NICs: Earnings of employees and office holders: Eye tests and the provision of glasses
  • NIM02150 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Fees
  • NIM02155 · Funded Unapproved Retirement Benefit Schemes (FURBS) up to 5th April 2006
  • NIM02165 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Gifts
  • NIM02175 · Give as You Earn (GAYE)
  • NIM02185 · 'Golden hellos' - inducement payments
  • NIM02190 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Goods and/or services purchased by directors and other employees
  • NIM02198 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Guarantee payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • NIM02200 · Holiday pay
  • NIM02205 · Honoraria and similar payments
  • NIM02210 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Loans
  • NIM02215 · Local Exchange and Trading System schemes (LETS)
  • NIM02216 · Payments to members of Local Medical Committees
  • NIM02218 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Long service awards
  • NIM02220 · Lost time payments / Financial Loss Allowance
  • NIM02225 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Maternity suspension payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • NIM02230 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Medical cover
  • NIM02235 · Medical expenses paid through trust funds
  • NIM02238 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Medical suspension payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • NIM02240 · Class 1 NICs - Earnings of employees and office holders : Mortgages and mortgage subsidies
  • NIM02245 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : National Health Service employees receiving injury benefits
  • NIM02250 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : National Insurance benefits
  • NIM02255 · Occupational Pensions
  • NIM02260 · Offerings, gifts or fees to ministers of religion
  • NIM02265 · Overtime
  • NIM02270 · Payment of bills
  • NIM02275 · Payment for changed method of paying earnings
  • NIM02280 · Payment for changes in conditions of employment
  • NIM02281 · Class 1 NICs: payment for leaving a Defined Benefit Pension Scheme (DBPS) or for giving up a right in such a scheme
  • NIM02283 · Payments under an order for the continuation of a contract of employment
  • NIM02285 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Pensions up to 5th April 2006
  • NIM02290 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Employer contributions to an employee’s personal pension up to 5th April 2006
  • NIM02300 · Horse racing - prize money
  • NIM02305 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Profit-related pay
  • NIM02312 · Class 1 NICs:Earnings of employees and office holders: Protective awards under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
  • NIM02313 · Re-engagement orders under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • NIM02314 · Re-instatement orders under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • NIM02315 · Religious orders
  • NIM02320 · Restrictive covenants
  • NIM02325 · Retirement or dismissal
  • NIM02330 · Salary sacrifices
  • NIM02331 · The Smart Pensions Scheme
  • NIM02335 · Season tickets
  • NIM02340 · Shares and stock
  • NIM02345 · Sick pay from a trust fund, stamp fund or insured sick pay scheme
  • NIM02350 · Staff suggestion schemes
  • NIM02355 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders: Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, and Statutory Adoption Pay
  • NIM02365 · Superannuation contributions
  • NIM02370 · Tax and National Insurance contributions
  • NIM02375 · Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : Taxed Award Schemes (TAS)
  • NIM02377 · Examples of how to calculate grossed-up tax
  • NIM02380 · Tax equalisation payments
  • NIM02385 · Third party claims for damages - payments other than Statutory Sick Pay
  • NIM02391 · Tradeable commodities
  • NIM02392 · Class 1 NICs: Earnings of employees and office holders: Training and similar costs
  • NIM02403 · Trivial benefits
  • NIM02404 · Trust funds
  • NIM02405 · Value Added Tax (VAT)
  • NIM02410 · Class 1: Vouchers - Contents
  • NIM02500 · Payments made on termination of employment
  • NIM02700 · Earnings of employees and office holders: retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006 - Contents
  • NIM02900CO · Tips, gratuities and service charges
  1. Class 1 NICs: earnings of employees and office holders: contents
  2. Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : List of specific types of payment

NIM02050 | Class 1 NICs : Earnings of employees and office holders : List of specific types of payment

From HM Revenue & Customs · National Insurance Manual

The guidance at NIM02005 to NIM02045 sets out the main considerations for deciding whether a payment is earnings for the purposes of Class 1 NICs. The following table lists specific types of payment which might be encountered, and points the way to further guidance regarding the NICs position in respect of these items.

Advance payments or “subs”NIM02055
Annuity contractsNIM02060
Arrears of payNIM02065
Bank chargesNIM02067
Bonus paymentsNIM02070
CommissionNIM02075
Community Charge paid by the employerNIM02080
Company carNIM02085
Company credit cardsNIM02090
Concessionary fuel for miners and former miners, payments made in place of fuelNIM02095
Council Tax, water, or sewerage chargesNIM02100
Course fees and examination rewardsNIM02105
Credit card reward paymentsNIM02108
DamagesNIM02110
DividendsNIM02115
Earnings paid in later yearNIM02120
Employer holds back part of the employee’s earningsNIM02125
Employment legislation paymentsNIM02130
Examples of how to calculate grossed-up taxNIM02377
Ex-gratia paymentsNIM02140
Ex-gratia payments made to retiring employees/directorsNIM02610
Eye tests and the provision of glassesNIM02145
FeesNIM02150
Funded Unapproved Retirement Benefit Schemes (FURBS) up to 5th April 2006NIM02155
GiftsNIM02165
‘Golden handshakes’ Payments made on termination of employmentNIM02620
‘Golden hellos’, inducement paymentsNIM02185
Goods and/or services purchased by directors and other employeesNIM02190
Guarantee payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02198
Holiday payNIM02200
Honoraria and similar paymentsNIM02205
LoansNIM02210
Local Exchange and Trading System schemes (LETS)NIM02215
Local Medical CommitteesNIM02216
Long service awardsNIM02218
Lost time paymentsNIM02220
Maternity suspension payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02225
Medical coverNIM02230
Medical expenses paid through trust fundsNIM02235
Medical suspension payments under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02238
Mortgages and mortgage subsidiesNIM02240
National Health Service employees receiving injury benefitsNIM02245
National Insurance benefitsNIM02250
Occupational pensionsNIM02255
Offerings, gifts, or fees to ministers of religionNIM02260
OvertimeNIM02265
Payment of billsNIM02270
Payment for changed method of paying earningsNIM02275
Payment for changes in conditions of employmentNIM02280
Payments made on termination of employment: GeneralNIM02510
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs): GeneralNIM02520
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs): Contractual PILONsNIM02530
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs): Termination of employment by agreementNIM02540
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs): Expectation or customNIM02550
Payments in lieu of notice (PILONs): ‘Gardening leave’NIM02560
Payments in lieu of remuneration (PILORs)NIM02570
Payments made to clergy resigning over ordination of women priestsNIM02630
Payments under an order for the continuation of a contract of employmentNIM02283
Payroll GivingNIM02175
Pensions up to 5th April 2006NIM02285
Employer contributions to an employee’s personal pensionNIM02290
Prize-money, horse racingNIM02300
Profit-related payNIM02305
Protective awards under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992NIM02312
Re-engagement orders under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02313
Reinstatement orders under the Employment Rights Act 1996NIM02314
Redundancy payments: GeneralNIM02580
Redundancy payments: Definition of redundancyNIM02590
Redundancy payments: Statutory and non-statutory paymentsNIM02600
Religious ordersNIM02315
Restrictive covenantsNIM02320
Retirement benefits schemes from 6th April 2006NIM02700
Retirement or dismissalNIM02325
Salary sacrificesNIM02330
Season ticketsNIM02335
Shares and securitiesNIM02340
Sick pay from a trust fund, stamp fund, or insured sick pay schemeNIM02345
Smart Pensions SchemeNIM02331
Staff suggestion schemesNIM02350
Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, and Statutory Adoption PayNIM02355
Superannuation contributionsNIM02365
Tax and National Insurance contributionsNIM02370
Taxed Award Schemes (TAS)NIM02375
Tax equalisation paymentsNIM02380
Third party claims for damages, payments other than Statutory Sick PayNIM02385
Tradeable commoditiesNIM02391
Training and similar costsNIM02392
Trust fundsNIM02404
Value Added TaxNIM02405
VouchersNIM02410
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