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Here is the guidance from Mayo Wynne Baxter, Solicitors on the matter of taxation of compensation:
'Awards greater than £30,000
Where the combined sum of the Basic Award and Compensatory Award is greater than £30,000, the tribunal will have to add the sum that is deductible for tax back onto the award to cancel out the tax burden imposed on the employee. This is done by:
- Calculating the employee’s loss based upon the net value of salary and benefits (i.e. after tax and National Insurance Contributions) to be compensated.
- Deducting any part of the £30,000 exemption that remains available.
- Grossing up the resultant figure to reflect the tax due from the employee on the excess over £30,000. The amount should be grossed up at the employee’s marginal rate (20% for lower rate tax payers, 40% for higher rate).
- Adding the grossed-up figure to the compensation.
Awards greater than £68,400
There is no official guidance in cases where, if the employee’s net loss, once grossed up, exceeds the current maximum Compensatory Award of £68,400. The consensus however, is that the tribunal should award the maximum and the employer should deduct PAYE (at the appropriate percentage rate) on the excess over £30,000 before making the payment to the employee.'
The Tribunal should gross up the award so that you are not out of pocket from the award.
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