Salary Diversion, Sacrifice or Exchange Advice:  Maidstone

Salary, bonus, commission, company car/ car allowance, profit share & medical insurance are all taxable benefits. If an employer provides them the employee will pay tax and national insurance (NI) on their value. The employer will also pay employer's NI on these benefits.

If an employer makes a pension contribution on behalf of an employee there is no tax and no NI for the employee, the employer receives full tax relief on the contribution as an allowable business expense and moreover the employer pays no employer NI on the pension contribution either.

Thus if an employee exchanges (sacrifices/ diverts) an amount of salary and the employer instead makes a pension contribution on that employee's behalf of a similar amount there will be a saving in employer NI, employee NI and (a modest amount of) income tax. This saving is then available to pay into the employee's pension in addition.

Salary diversion could slightly reduce your entitlement to statutory benefits, means tested benefits, tax credits or other salary related benefits: for example entitelment to mortgages. So always seek individual professional advice before action.

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