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Benefits of Home-Working?
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geckoboy
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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
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

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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:0 -
many thanks Fiver! i'll look into it0
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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 Kipling0 -
excellent , thanks v much :T0
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You might have to inform your insurance company as the building is being used for buisness0
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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 Kipling0 -
PlutoinCapricorn wrote: »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?0 -
Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?
Rudyard Kipling0 -
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.
[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.0
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