Benefit Pay Instruction



BenefitPayInstruction [Schema]

Name Type Required Description
Code SystemCode yes The code that represents the benefit type and it' treatment.
TotalCost Money yes The total cost (or value) of the benefit for the remainder of the financial year.
EmployeeContribution Money yes The amount the employee contributes towards the benefit for the rest of the financial year.
CashEquivalent Money no The per period cash equivalent value of the benefit. [Optional] used to override the calculated cash equivilent value.
AccountingMethod BenefitAccountingMethod yes The accounting method used to report the benefit to HMRC.
BenefitEndDate xsd:date no The date benefit ceases, this is different to end date of the instruction.
ShowOnPaySlip xsd:boolean no Determines if the benefit amount is included on the employees pay slip.

Interits from: PayInstruction[Schema]

See Understanding Pay Instructions for more information on how pay instructions can be used.

Name Type Required Description
StartDate xsd:date yes The date the instruction will come into effect.
EndDate xsd:date no The date the instruction will end, open ended instructions will run forever.
Description xsd:string ( max: 200) no The pay line descripton override; this description will override the default description from the pay code. See Customising the Payslip for more information on customising the payslip output and using runtime variables.
PayLineTag xsd:string ( max: 100) no If specified, the PayLineTag value is used to decorate all child pay lines generated by the instruction.

Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BenefitPayInstruction xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <StartDate>2021-09-26</StartDate>
  <EndDate>2021-09-26</EndDate>
  <Description>string</Description>
  <PayLineTag>string</PayLineTag>
  <Code>string</Code>
  <TotalCost>123.99</TotalCost>
  <EmployeeContribution>123.99</EmployeeContribution>
  <CashEquivalent>123.99</CashEquivalent>
  <AccountingMethod>P11D</AccountingMethod>
  <BenefitEndDate>2021-09-26</BenefitEndDate>
  <ShowOnPaySlip>true</ShowOnPaySlip>
</BenefitPayInstruction>

{
  "BenefitPayInstruction": {
    "StartDate": "2021-09-26",
    "EndDate": "2021-09-26",
    "Description": "string",
    "PayLineTag": "string",
    "Code": "string",
    "TotalCost": "123.99",
    "EmployeeContribution": "123.99",
    "CashEquivalent": "123.99",
    "AccountingMethod": "P11D",
    "BenefitEndDate": "2021-09-26",
    "ShowOnPaySlip": "true"
  }
}