CJRS: guidance updated regarding non-monetary benefits and pension contributions not being reclaima

The Government has updated the section ‘What to include when calculating wages’ to give more information about non-monetary benefits and employer pension contributions under salary sacrifice schemes.

You cannot include the following when calculating wages:

• payments made at the discretion of the employer or a client - where the employer or client was under no contractual obligation to pay, including:

  • any tips, including those distributed through troncs

  • discretionary bonuses

  • discretionary commission payments

• non-cash payments

• non-monetary benefits like benefits in kind (such as a company car), including benefits received in exchange for giving up an amount of pay under a salary sacrifice scheme

• employer pension contributions, including pension contributions received in exchange for giving up an amount of pay under a salary sacrifice scheme (you can still include pension contributions that the employee makes from their wages, such as through a Net Pay Arrangement pension scheme)

• amounts of pay given up under a salary sacrifice scheme

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