IPT increase should not see flood of changes

Chance for clients to future-proof healthcare benefits

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Simon Crewe says the increase to insurance premium tax (IPT) should be viewed as an opportunity for clients to future-proof their healthcare benefits

When the increase in IPT from 6% to 9.5% with effect from 1 November 2015 was announced last year the benefit industry reacted with an array of negative predictions for the private medical insurance market - none of which have come to pass. I am not suggesting that employers were happy about paying an increased premium, but we didn't see a long line of companies asking for their schemes to be cancelled as the 3.5% cost increase was too much to bear. We did, however, see a number of clients investigate So, here we are again. The Chancellor is looking to increase tax revenue and has ...

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