Allowances for home based elf employment

ludd

Can anyone tell me waht else I can claim for working from home besides a proportion of heat and electricity?

I have seen some people say a proportion of council tax but is that true and how much?

I can se one uses more heating being at home to work but why council tax/

thanks

black-saturn

Elf employment :snow_laug

It worked for Willy Wonka so go for it

crazymum_2

If you use one room as an 'office' for your work at home you can claim a proportion of all utility bills - council tax, water etc etc. If you have 4 rooms in your house (excluding kitchen and bathroom I think) you claim 1/4 of bills, 6 rooms would be 1/6 of bills. If you rent the property you should be able to claim a proportion of the rent. There is a very helpful tax helpline for the self employed.

Savvy_Sue

crazymum wrote:

If you use one room as an 'office' for your work at home you can claim a proportion of all utility bills - council tax, water etc etc. If you have 4 rooms in your house (excluding kitchen and bathroom I think) you claim 1/4 of bills, 6 rooms would be 1/6 of bills. If you rent the property you should be able to claim a proportion of the rent. There is a very helpful tax helpline for the self employed.

But isn't there a potential problem if you use one room exclusively for work, in that when you sell the house there's a CGT liability? I believe that to ensure this can't be argued, some people keep the spare bed in the spare bedroom, even if it's never used for guests, IYSWIM.

elisebutt65

Make sure that the bureaucratic problems don't 'dwarf' you

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