Hi Morag,

Whether an expenses payment is subject to NI or not, depends on the type of expense you are paying to your employees. To check whether the payments should be subject to NI, you can refer to HMRC’s booklet CWG2 Employer further guide to PAYE and NICs.

To process this in Sage 50 Payroll you can set up a deduction pay element. For full info about setting up pay elements, you can refer to Ask Sage article 13732.

In addition to Sage 50 Payroll, the Sage 50 P11D software enables you to manage all of your employees' taxable benefits, such as company cars, mobile phones, medical insurance, etc. You can also submit all of your tax-year expenses and benefits from Sage 50 P11D.

Full info on Sage 50 P11D here.

Yes that's correct Morag. You can post a payment to the employee to record this.