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Termination payments: what’s changing from 2018/19 onwards

Alasdair Friend (Abbiss Cadres) explains the practical effect of changes made by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017.
 

Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 enacted a number of changes to the taxation of termination payments which will apply where an employment terminates on or after 6 April 2018. These cover three areas:

  1. an extension to the amount of a termination payment which is treated as taxable earnings to cover ‘notice pay’;
  2. power for the Treasury to vary the £30 000 tax-free threshold by regulation; and
  3. a limitation on the scope of the type of ‘injury’ for which a termination payment can be paid entirely tax free.

Further changes to the taxation of termination payments are also in prospect:

  • The abolition of foreign service relief will be enacted by the Finance Bill 2018 effective from April 2018.
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