Can I claim for mobile phone?

northern_star

I work for a private healthcare company My role is to support people with autism/learning disabilities/challenging behaviour to access community based activities. As I am out in the communtiy for the whole of my working day - and because of the nature of my work - I need to be able to make contact and be contacted. My employer doesn't provide a mobile but expects that we will have one of our own and use it. We are not paid anything from the company towards this. Can I claim anything with regards to tax - perhaps an adjustment to my allowance to take my mobile costs into account?

fengirl_2

You could claim against tax, but I think HMRC would want to know why your employer is not paying for this if it is essential.

russppt

Yes you can claim. However, I would imagine you also use this for personal and private calls. Therefore you should only claim for say 75% of the charges. This would be fair and reasonable and I think the tax man would also see it this way, as long as you can prove you use it for work so keep you bills and itemised numbers.
Hope this helps

Cook_County

Do you call or text friends on the phone? Does your contract of employment refer to you providing your own mobile?

If there is duality then HMRC may argue it is not wholly exclusively & necessarily for work. You are on a tricky path if you claim on your tax return.

What does your boss claim?

Debt_Free_Chick

Are you saying that when you make business calls on behalf of the company, you can not put in an expense claim to cover the cost of those calls?

jimmo

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM32945.htm

olly300

fengirl wrote: »

You could claim against tax, but I think HMRC would want to know why your employer is not paying for this if it is essential.

Lots of employers do this. It means they are not paying for the employees own personal calls on the phone.