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Company Paying Personal Bills: A Common Practice With a Tax Sting

Shared from Tax Insider: Company Paying Personal Bills: A Common Practice With a Tax Sting
By Sarah Bradford, August 2026

Sarah Bradford looks at how the fiscal rules apply where a company meets an employee’s or a director’s personal bills. 

In a personal or family company, it may be commonplace for the company to pay directors’ personal bills. Companies may also meet employee’s personal liabilities.  

This may happen in various ways: 

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