HMRC have amended their guidance on this topic to include details of the deduction for employer NIC. The amended guidance includes the following:
“Employers’ NI contributions payable in respect of a share scheme are also part of the scheme’s administrative costs.
The timing of the deductions for employers’ NI contributions will follow the accounting treatment.If an employer and employee enter into a joint election to transfer the employer’s contribution liabilities to the employee, the employer is not entitled to a deduction for employer’s NI contributions. This is because the employer will no longer have a liability for employer NI contributions.”
https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/business-income-manual/bim44025
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