Wash your uniform at home ?

sazzlepink

Hi guys
I sent off the letter for my boyf back in april, received a new tax code letter 2nd may which states an extra £60 for flat rate job expenses. Had no refund, even though we claimed for the last 4 years. Unlikely to get one do you think?
Thanks

feygan

Does this allowance only apply to employed workers or can a self employed person claim it also if they wear clothing specifically bought and used for the job?

John_Pierpoint

Self employed people keep their own accounts and claim their expenses from these against their profits.
The "tools and overalls" have to be a requirement of the job - as the lady barrister found out when she was only allowed to claim for the wig.

System

danielle45 wrote: »

I claimed back my uniform allowance with u-tax and received my cheque for £984.65 within 5 weeks of putting my claim in! Very happy! Great service with U-tax

really????

foreversummer

My son wrote to the tax office about 3 weeks ago and has today received a revised PAYE coding notice, but no mention of a refund. Does he need to write again to ask for a refund? He won't be earning very much this year anyway as he is now a full-time student so could really do with the cash.

Foreversummer

karen189

I sent a letter in April for my Boyfriend he has today received a cheque for £1500 and a letter revising his tax code . Happy Days

retrogrrl

my OH is an engineer and is provided a uniform, the trousers are some kind of industrial material and are sent away weekly to be professionally cleaned, the rest of the uniform (with logo) is brought home for me to wash daily. Would he still be entitled to an allowance as the company wash part of the uniform? They have no washing facilites on site and nothing he could use to wash the rest of the clothes.

amiehall

retrogrrl wrote: »

my OH is an engineer and is provided a uniform, the trousers are some kind of industrial material and are sent away weekly to be professionally cleaned, the rest of the uniform (with logo) is brought home for me to wash daily. Would he still be entitled to an allowance as the company wash part of the uniform? They have no washing facilites on site and nothing he could use to wash the rest of the clothes.

My (non-expert) opinion would be that he could claim. What he should do is set out that information in his letter and hmrc can decide for themselves.

LurkerTurnedPoster

CHRISSYG wrote: »

really????

It was the "great service with U-Tax" bit that gave it away for me.

woody110175

I have only just heard about this and was wondering how much I could claim back, I'm a carpenter/joiner and have worked for the same company for 21yrs and have washed my work gear all this time.

Any help would be much appreciated on how to claim back expenses.