List 3 Updated 27 September 2024

List 3 was updated on 27 September 2024:

Part 5 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA) allows for certain deductions to be made from taxable pay – i.e., to reach a figure called net taxable pay which is the pay on which Income Tax is calculated.? This part includes things such as expenses for business travel.?

Sections 343 and 344 of ITEPA allow for professional membership fees and annual subscriptions to be provided free of tax and National Insurance where:?

• It is paid to a body that has HMRC approval, and
• The activities of the body are of direct benefit to or concern the profession practiced in the performance of the duties of the employment

The full list of professional bodies that have the necessary HMRC approval is published in a document known as ‘List 3’.? List 3 is essential reading for the reward professional, as the day-to-day professional impacts of a body appearing on it are that:?

• Employers can reimburse fees and subscriptions without fear there will be a P11D implication and / or
• Individuals can claim tax relief on the fee or subscription that they have paid (if the employer has not actually reimbursed the fee or subscription)

The way in which tax relief is claimed depends on whether the amount is up to or over ￡2,500 over the course of the tax year.

At top of List 3 is a link to ‘Check if you can claim work related expenses ’.? Whilst it is good to have this link, this does not alter two facts:?

• If you have registered to compete a Self-Assessment tax return, you must claim expenses this way, and
• If you are claiming expenses of more than ￡2,500 in a single tax year, then you must register for Self-Assessment

There are three additions, all from the same tax year:

The following were added:?

1. The British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS )
2. The European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST )
3. The European Society for Evolutionary Biology ?(eseb )