Question: Jo is married to Sam, who is a basic rate taxpayer. The couple have two children aged 1 1 and 8 years old. Jo is

Jo is married to Sam, who is a basic rate taxpayer. The couple have two children aged 11 and 8 years old. Jo is a director of Thirl Ltd an employment agency based in the UK. Jo works in the Lancaster office. She has a salary of 58,900 pa, from which PAYE of 17,000 was deducted in 2019/20. Jo was seconded to the Glasgow office of Thirl Ltd for one month during 2019/20. Her train fares for that period cost her 2,000. Thirl Ltd reimbursed the cost of the train fares to Jo. On 1 June 2019, Jo and Sams home was flooded. For the four months from June to September 2019, their home was repaired. During this time Jo and her family moved into an apartment that Thirl Ltd rented for them. Thirl Ltd paid the rent of 900 per month. The annual value of the apartment is 8,700. Thirl Ltd also paid household bills totalling 480 for the four-month period. Jo paid a total of 400 to Thirl Ltd towards the use of the apartment whilst they lived in it. Jos employment package in 2019/20 also comprised: A car with emissions of 108g/km and a list price of 23,400. Jo paid 5,000 towards the cost of the car when originally purchased. Thirl Ltd paid for all petrol costs of the car. An entertaining allowance of 1,500. During 2019/20 Jo claimed expenses from Thirl Ltd for 1,430 of the allowance for entertaining customers. Jo contributed 3,500 into the companys occupational pension scheme from her salary. In addition, Thirl Ltd contributed a further 6% of her basic salary into the scheme. In addition to her employment income, Jo had the following income and expenses during 2019/20: 6 Please turn over Jo worked on a self-employed basis as a fitness coach. She received 15,800 in fees. She calculated that her travel costs from home to her clients were 1,500 and she spent 3,000 on gym equipment. She used 800 of this income to make a gift aid donation to a childrens charity. Jo received interest from various sources totalling 1,153, of which 53 was interest from HMRC on a late repayment of tax. Dividend income of 3,800 was received from her 2% holding in Thirl Ltd. REQUIRED a) Calculate Jos employment income from her directorship at Thirl Ltd for the tax year 2019/2020. Explain briefly your tax treatment of: the accommodation provided to Jo and her family by Thirl Ltd between June 2019 and September 2019; and the travel costs of 2,000 Thirl Ltd reimbursed to Jo. b) Calculate Jos tax liability and tax payable for 2019/20. c) Identify and explain any additional information you would need to finalise Jos tax return and tax payments for the year ended 5 April 2020.

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