Employee benefits and expenses: abolition of the £8,500 threshold for lower paid employment and form P9D
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Detail of outcome
ʹapp response document sets out the government’s response to the consultation document published below. ʹapp responses received are summarised and a full list of respondents is included, but where appropriate the names and personal or commercially sensitive information has been redacted. ʹapp government has heard the concerns voiced during the consultation and is grateful for the constructive and informative suggestions it received.
Original consultation
Consultation description
At Budget 2014 the government announced that it would consult on the abolition of the £8,500 threshold. ʹapp government believes that this threshold adds unnecessary complexity to the tax system and is consulting on who would be affected and how to mitigate the effects of abolition on vulnerable groups of employees.