URGENT: short benefit in kind tax question

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    URGENT: short benefit in kind tax question
    3)The company gives Arthur the right to use a boat which is moored on the Thames. The boat cost the company £15,000 when it bought it in 2008.

    what is the tax benefits arising from the above?
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    Re: URGENT: short benefit in kind tax question
    (Original post by Larissa White)
    3)The company gives Arthur the right to use a boat which is moored on the Thames. The boat cost the company £15,000 when it bought it in 2008.

    what is the tax benefits arising from the above?
    Forget tax, my man Arthur just got a boat! :banana2:
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    Re: URGENT: short benefit in kind tax question
    (Original post by Larissa White)
    3)The company gives Arthur the right to use a boat which is moored on the Thames. The boat cost the company £15,000 when it bought it in 2008.

    what is the tax benefits arising from the above?
    Tempted to say do your own homework.

    Right to use an asset is 20% of it's value is NIC employer liability. No tax impact on the employee.
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    Re: URGENT: short benefit in kind tax question
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    Tempted to say do your own homework.

    Right to use an asset is 20% of it's value is NIC employer liability. No tax impact on the employee.
    wouldnt it be 20% benefit to the employee and therefore subjet to income tax?
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    Re: URGENT: short benefit in kind tax question
    (Original post by Larissa White)
    wouldnt it be 20% benefit to the employee and therefore subjet to income tax?
    Yeah, employee incurs income tax. I thought we were just talking about NIC sorry.
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