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Benefits of Home-Working?

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hi all,
I've just started working from home for my employer and I wondered what benefits or tax reliefs might be available? I'm using my personal electricity and heating, so I am hoping that there is some sort of governmental payback that I can apply for.
cheers
geckoboy :D

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  • Fiver29
    Fiver29 Posts: 18,620 Forumite
    I worked from home years back and at the time you could claim a % of your bills. so if you had an office in one room, and your house was a 5 room house you could claim 20% of your bills.

    I don't know if that has changed now though.
    Moving onto a better place...Ciao :wave:
  • geckoboy
    geckoboy Posts: 6 Forumite
    many thanks Fiver! i'll look into it
    :)
  • PlutoinCapricorn
    PlutoinCapricorn Posts: 4,598 Forumite
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    If you are an employee on PAYE, and your contract of employment states that your main place of work is your home address, then there is a flat rate of £3 per week that can be claimed without an investigation.

    If you offer to work from home, then there is nothing for you: it is only self employed people who can offset legitimate running costs against their income.
    Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?

    Rudyard Kipling


  • geckoboy
    geckoboy Posts: 6 Forumite
    excellent , thanks v much :T
  • Lube
    Lube Posts: 1,495 Forumite
    You might have to inform your insurance company as the building is being used for buisness
  • PlutoinCapricorn
    PlutoinCapricorn Posts: 4,598 Forumite
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    Insurance would probably apply only if you were receiving clients, giving treatment to people or converted a room into a store room or photographic studio.

    If you are just working online, there is no change of use.
    Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?

    Rudyard Kipling


  • cymru78
    cymru78 Posts: 173 Forumite
    If you are an employee on PAYE, and your contract of employment states that your main place of work is your home address, then there is a flat rate of £3 per week that can be claimed without an investigation.

    I've recently started working from home part time.
    I'm not yet on PAYE as the business I am working for is waiting for it to arrive.
    How do I go about claiming this £3 per week once I am on PAYE?
  • Fiver29
    Fiver29 Posts: 18,620 Forumite
    Doh! Sorry, I missed the employer bit, I was thinking of being S/E and working form home.

    However this link may still be useful
    Moving onto a better place...Ciao :wave:
  • PlutoinCapricorn
    PlutoinCapricorn Posts: 4,598 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It is best to go straight to the source of the rules:

    www.hmrc.gov.uk/MANUALS/eimanual/EIM01476.htm
    Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?

    Rudyard Kipling


  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Fiver29 wrote: »
    I worked from home years back and at the time you could claim a % of your bills. so if you had an office in one room, and your house was a 5 room house you could claim 20% of your bills.

    I don't know if that has changed now though.
    I believe for people who are actually self-employed, using space at home for work, the calculation is:
    [A] how much space in your whole house is taken up with the work environment
    how many hours/day is it used.

    To keep the maths simple, if your bills are £150/month (£5/day) and you use 1/5th of your home, and you use it 5 days/week for 8 hours/day, then it'd work out like:

    £150/5 = £30
    £30/7*5 = £21.42
    £21.42/24*8 = £7.14 can be offset for tax purposes.
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