Medical - legitimate company expense or BIK

[bellymonster]

Decided to have a private medical which cost just over 300 squid. Has anyone passed this off as a legit company expense or would it be seen as a BIK.

I'm just thinking back to me permie days and quite often I would be expected to take a medical before joining a company, so it was more a requirement of the company rather than a benefit to me.

[moorfield]

linky ...

http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...-expenses.html

[bellymonster]

Cheers for that, (why is it the search never finds what your after).
I suspected the same but you gotta try it on sometimes.

[dude69]

linky ...

http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...-expenses.html

slightly different, the OP appears to be talking about a medical, rather than medical care.

[xoggoth]

A little bird in my head was not sure that's true. Did a quick search on my archive of notes and found this:

AccountingWEB 5 August 2000
Tax planning tips for employers Part I - 05 Aug 2000

Medical costs
An earlier Update in this series (Tax-free benefits) brought out the
fact that periodic medical check-ups for employees (and,
surprisingly, their families) do not generally give rise to a tax
charge.

Some time ago and directors do not always qualify for the same BIKs as employees but worth a futher check.

[bellymonster]

Thanks again. I'll ask the accountant next time I call them.