A good time for salary sacrifice schemes, employers told

The 0.5% hike in national insurance (NI) contributions from 2011, announced in this week’s Pre-Budget Report, could increase employer interest in salary sacrifice arrangements.

That’s the view of global employment head at Ernst and Young Graham Farquhar, who says the rise “will make such schemes more attractive to employers.”

The delay in the implementation of the NI increase will give employers time to start planning tax-efficient schemes to offset the rising cost ... (228 more words)

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