NIM05630 - Class 1 NICs: expenses and allowances: car parking fines

Section 3(1)(a) and 6(1) of the Social Security Contributions and 51²è¹Ý Act 1992

Any payment which an employer makes towards the cost of parking fines incurred by an employee, whether

  • making a payment direct to the employee, or
  • paying the fine on the employee’s behalf,

must be included in gross pay when assessing Class 1 NICs purposes. The date the payment is made is the date the earnings were paid.

When making such payments the employer is paying a debt incurred by the employee. This is sometimes referred to as “pecuniary liability.â€