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Employee's salary sacrifice deduction details

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Use this table to help you complete the employee's salary sacrifice deduction details.

Option name Description

Sacrificed Amount

This is the pre-tax and NI amount your employee has agreed to sacrifice from their salary each pay period.

Total Amount

This is applicable for fixed-amount deductions, such as cycle to work schemes. Enter the total amount the employee has agreed to sacrifice.

Childcare?

Your software completes this box with a Yes or No, depending on the type of deduction you have selected. You can't change this.

In Use

Indicate whether the selected salary sacrifice deduction is currently active.

Note: The employee can only have one active deduction for childcare at a time.

Date joined Childcare voucher

The date is mandatory if the employee has a salary sacrifice deduction for childcare. Enter the date the employee joined the scheme, not the date you're entering the details into your software.

The Relevant Earnings amount for Childcare vouchers is

For childcare vouchers starting on or after 6th April 2011, a basic earnings assessment must be carried out to determine how much tax relief the employee is entitled to. For more details, refer to the information on the HMRC website.

The maximum amount of tax relief is

This figure shows the maximum tax exempt value for childcare vouchers. It is based on the employee's pay frequency, and is determined by your software's legislation settings.


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