Workers offered regular coronavirus tests by their employers could face a mounting tax bill, a senior MP has warned.
Former cabinet minister Mel Stride, now the chair of the House of Commons Treasury committee, has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to urge him to look into the matter.
Mr Stride noted how HMRC guidance published this week states that COVID-19 testing kits - or tests carried out by a third party - which have been purchased by employers for their staff are treated as a taxable benefit in kind on the employee.
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