Fees and subscriptions

What is allowable?

Fees and subscriptions are allowable if:

  • they are in the list accessible via the 'Related links' section on this page and are a statutory fee or contribution where employees pay this out of their earnings from an employment and are required to pay this as a statutory condition of their employment; or

  • they are an annual subscription to a body where employees pay this out of their earnings from an employment and the activities of the body are directly relevant to the employment, or where the activities of a body are directly relevant to an employment where the performance of the duties of that employment is either:

    • directly affected by the knowledge concerned;

    • involves the exercise of the profession concerned.