Where an individual receives a benefit from their employer they can avoid being taxed on it if they ‘make good’ the value of benefit by reimbursing the employer. There are strict time limits for doing this.

All reimbursements of taxable nonpayrolled benefits for 2019/20 must be made by 6 July 2020, which aligns with the date for submitting the forms P11D.

The dates for making good on payrolled benefits-in-kind provided in 2019/20 are:

1 June 2020 for the value of road fuel used
5 April 2020 for all other benefits

The deadlines for making-good specifically don’t apply to interest payable on beneficial loans and overdrawn directors’ loan accounts. Where such loans exceed £10,000 at any point in the tax year there is a taxable benefit if insufficient interest is paid. This taxable benefit can be avoided if interest at least equal to the official rate is reimbursed, where the borrower is contractually obliged to pay it. The official rate for 2019/20 is 2.5%.

Despite the exclusion for beneficial loans, most people should try to pay any interest due on a loan by the 6 July following the tax year, to avoid any doubt as to whether a benefit arises at the time the P11D form is being prepared.