Christmas party £150

[cannon999]

This is the same accountant that says you can claim £150 without a receipt?

Yep

[MrButton]

Christmas party £150

Yep

Re-read my first comment on this thread.

Please let me know who your accountant is. So I can avoid them when I move.

[northernladuk]

Re-read my first comment on this thread.

Please let me know who your accountant is. So I can avoid them when I move.

This. A quick Google gets 100s of articles explaining it and a search on here find double that. Not one of them gives the advice your accountant gives.

[cannon999]

This. A quick Google gets 100s of articles explaining it and a search on here find double that. Not one of them gives the advice your accountant gives.

Yeah I double check everything my accountant tells me which is why I came here asking the question.. Will be switching away from this accountant once the holiday season is over. I pay £150 which is on the high end so I expected a decent service.. obviously that's not the case.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Funny that, my accountant said that it's only for employees.

There’s guidance on the HMRC website that makes it explicitly clear that the per head cost includes all guests.

That said it still has to be primarily an event for employees so I don’t think as a one person company you can get away with inviting more than one guest to be honest.

[Craig@Clarity]

Yeah I double check everything my accountant tells me which is why I came here asking the question.. Will be switching away from this accountant once the holiday season is over. I pay £150 which is on the high end so I expected a decent service.. obviously that's not the case.

[Craig@Clarity]

There’s guidance on the HMRC website that makes it explicitly clear that the per head cost includes all guests.

That said it still has to be primarily an event for employees so I don’t think as a one person company you can get away with inviting more than one guest to be honest.

Agreed. I usually advise to keep it to yourself and perhaps one other. We can all be generous over Christmas but I've yet to come across a one person company throw a party for a big group.

[Dom at Fox Bartfield]

Christmas Party

Agreed. I usually advise to keep it to yourself and perhaps one other. We can all be generous over Christmas but I've yet to come across a one person company throw a party for a big group.

True, doesn't happen often but had clients that have invited their accountant!

[Lance]

There’s guidance on the HMRC website that makes it explicitly clear that the per head cost includes all guests.

That said it still has to be primarily an event for employees so I don’t think as a one person company you can get away with inviting more than one guest to be honest.

After some discussion my accountant agreed that me, my wife (director & shareholder but not salaried) and our child are fine so we had £450 to spend on a weekend away.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

After some discussion my accountant agreed that me, my wife (director & shareholder but not salaried) and our child are fine so we had £450 to spend on a weekend away.

Seems reasonable as technically it’s still only one guest.