Many employees incur expenses doing their job that they don’t reclaim from their employer. You can reclaim these costs against tax going back up to 4 years.
Here are a few suggestions
- Flat Rate Expenses by Occupation – HMRC have a list EIM32712 for example Healthcare staff in the National Health Service, private hospitals and nursing homes – Uniformed ancillary staff: maintenance workers, grounds staff, drivers, parking attendants and security guards, receptionists and other uniformed staff – get a flat rate of £60 per year – this link explains how it works – Money Saving Expert
- Mileage in your own vehicle on business – the approved rates are list below if your employer pays you mileage already deduct the rate from the amounts below and claim the difference
Tax: rates per business mile
| Type of vehicle | First 10,000 miles | Above 10,000 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Cars and vans | 45p (40p before 2011 to 2012) | 25p |
| Motorcycles | 24p | 24p |
| Bikes | 20p | 20p |
    3. Professional Subscriptions – if you personally pay for a professional subscription that you need for your work you can claim the cost against tax – here is a list of HMRC approved professional organisations
4. Traveling Costs – you may have business travel costs for hotels and meals that haven’t been reimbursed and these costs can be reclaimed against your tax
5. Working from Home – maximum of £4 per week
6. Uniform not covered by a Flat Rate – read this blog
7. Training – where training was an intrinsic contractual duty of the employment (see also EIM32535 & EIM32546) and where any personal benefit, unlike most CPE/CPD courses, would be incidental and not therefore give rise to a dual purpose of the expenditure.
8. Other costs – where the cost is wholly and exclusively for business
steve@bicknells.net
