Expenses Working from Home

[adridude]

Hi,

 

Last year I started at a company, full time, okayish salary and was just making under the benefits cut off. Since the govt changed the thresholdd for NI. I did some looking around and I remembe seeing somewhere that if your company doesn't reimburse you for everything e.g. you pay for various artefacts out of your own pocket, that this can be taken off of your net income.

 

The DWP don't agree with me, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

Could I ask them to regard the money I spend on printer paper, toner, notepads, the second internet connection for work (secure for VPN etc...) as a direct work expense?

 

The company doesn't have any offices, as all of us work from home, across the world, so there isn't an office to go in to at all.

 

On that note, failing the DWP route, would I be entitled to anything from HMRC as my place of work is home, it's not a choice to go in or not, we just don't have a colelctive office.

 

ANy pointers would be handy

 

Cheers,

 

Ade

[just_jue]

HMRC Has some pointers and a quick questionnaire that you can fill out and it will tell you what you can claim for. 

[Ethel Street]

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Are you only claiming tax relief on your expenses for working from home? – Check if you can claim work related expenses – GOV.UK

WWW.TAX.SERVICE.GOV.UK

 

[adridude]

@Ethel StreetI had a look at that cheers  As I'm in a 1 bed appt and my company setup is in my livingroom, what would the right way to work electric and that be? I already know that the computer and monitors chew 0.09£ an hour at the moment, but knowing HMRC they'll have some random sqare footage rule or something?

[adridude]

@Ethel Street Thanks for helping. HMRC adjusted my Tax Code accordingly which wound up handy...