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What pay includes

  1. Overview
  2. Benefits, advanced payments and sick pay
  3. Expenses and travel
  4. Lump sum payments
  5. Salary sacrifice arrangements

Lump sum payments

Payments on retirement or leaving work

You might choose to pay a lump sum payment to an employee who is retiring or leaving work. This payment should be treated as pay if it is more than either:

Payment in lieu of notice

A payment in lieu of notice should be treated as pay if it is part of your employee's contract. This payment cannot benefit from tax exemption for termination payments.

Payments to compensate for change in work practices

Your employee may be entitled to a lump sum payment as compensation for changing duties. These payments are included as pay and taxed in the normal way.

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Published: 25 July 2023 Print this page

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