December 5th, 2017.


An increasing number of British businesses would like to regularly reward their staff with bonuses but feel limited by budgets, according to new research. However, fewer than one in ten employers are aware of the government allowances that would allow them to make the tax-exempt awards, allowing them to more regularly give small rewards to boost staff productivity and morale.

A survey of 1,500 UK workers and business leaders by One4all Rewards, as part of a campaign to raise awareness of HMRC’s Trivial Benefits Allowance, revealed that 83 percent of British bosses would like to give regular bonuses and rewards to their employees in a bid to boost employee morale, motivation and loyalty. 

More than half (53 percent) of British business leaders said that they do not currently give their employees non-performance related benefits because the business does not have enough budget and cannot afford them.

In April 2016 HMRC made changes to workplace benefits rules to allow businesses to benefit from the exemption – reducing tax and National Insurance Contributions charges. However, only ten percent of businesses are currently making use of the tax exemption on trivial benefits.


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