Inland revenue..

[sad sack]

do you have to work full time to do this?

[Glenn UK]

nope i dont believe so the tax relief is due to your expenditure, if you work part time i presume your work clothes still get dirty, maybe only part dirty eh?

[PKea]

This is the template letter Asda are giving out

 

Inland Revenue

Central Yorkshire Area

31 Lisbon Street

Leeds

LS1 4SF

1st February 2007

Dear Sir/Madam

Tax Reference: 567/A4000

NI Number: aa12345678a

I have recently received a change in my tax coding to include the allowance for laundering my uniform.

I would like to the claim the allowance back to my start date of 04/06/2002

Yours Faithfully

Just change the bits in red to suit you

[georgel29]

i work in a cafe,can i claim money for washing my uniform?

[PKea]

If the company provides you witha full uniform which you have to wear, then yes.

You have to contact your Inland Revenue Office and request the tax allowance for this then write to request the back dated payments.

In the case of Asda they inforned the Inland Revenue initially, not sure as to how you may need to prove the fact, maybe a letter from your company to Inland Revenue to confirm the fact.

[bazak1]

if you work for a company and they provide you with a uniform which you have to launder at home, you are entitled to £45 per year tax relief. ( both my partner and i get this, it was something i sorted out through my union ).

you may have to ask.

they may tell you automatically.

but you are entitled to it.

£45 per annum, laundry expenses.

[taff-p]

Thank you for the template PKea..

[oz4725]

While the strange questions are being asked- may I ?

 

18 years in the army, are we entitled to the same?

Also there are many urban myths in the army that you can claim relief on items such as shaving foam, razor blades, boot polish/brushes, brasso ect ect, is this just an urban myth or does it have substance.

 

Also would any equipment that we have bought for operational tours be allowed to be claimed against?

 

Please dont anyone reply with ask the Pay office, as they excell themselves on a monthly basis by just paying us, lets not ask too much of them!!!!

 

Are receipts required for all the above?

[Glenn UK]

In respect of cleaning the allowance is for laundering the clothes that belong to your employer i believe.

 

Re kit you have to buy, i guess this would be no different, in tax terms at least, to a workman having to buy clothing for work which was essentail.

 

howver, having said all this im no tax expert and would hope that someone on here with the required knowledge would comment.

 

JMHO

 

Glenn

[PKea]

For Your Info

 

Tools and clothing allowance

 

 

Concessions applicable to individuals (Income Tax and interest on tax)

 

 

Flat rate allowances for cost of tools and special clothing

An employee who has to bear the cost of upkeep of tools or special clothing necessary for their work is entitled, under Section 198(1), ICTA 1988, to a tax deduction for the expenditure incurred. For most trades flat rate expense deductions have been agreed with the trade unions concerned. These deductions are given without enquiry as to the amount of expenditure actually incurred by individual employees, provided that it is the the employees' responsibility to bear the relevant cost in full.

 

 

If the employer provides or pays for what is required, or would make such provision if requested, the expense cannot be regarded as necessarily incurred by the employee and no deduction is due. If the employer makes partial provision, the rate of deduction may be reduced accordingly. The existence of a flat rate deduction does not debar an individual employee from instead claiming a deduction for the actual expense he or she has incurred. The deductions can be found in a pdf table by .

 

For further information on your claim visit: www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk and look up 'IR1 Extra-Statutory Concessions'

 

I have a PDF with all the info on it, if anyone wants a copy let me know

[bazak1]

if anyone reading this series of posts still have doubts about the laundry expence, and you are in a union please consult them.

if you are a member of UNISON, then you will be aware of this allowance, mainly because of your regular magazine which usually has a flyer in it from a company that will ( for a one off charge ) sort it out for you, but there is no reason why you cant approach the tax office directly and get the same result.