Wash your uniform at home ?

paulmapp8306

ce allowance IF you can get it !!!!

im Forces, so obvioulsy have a uniform. it is NOT washed by the employer. There are NO free laundry services. Single accommodation has WMs in the blocks - but you have to supply your own deterants and you pay for the WMs in subscriptions. Married personel get no help.

Tried claiming the standard £60/year and was told "you dont qualify - Officers get an allowance for uniform and other ranks are provided fee laundry services". Completely not true - I have not had a fee laundry service in my 23 years service (with the exception of on opporations in Iraq/Afghan). I challanged it - and they have passed it on to a "specialist" to look at - this Was Feb and Ive not heard anything back - not holding out much hope either

sweetuk

Just a quick thank you to all who have mentoned this allowance on MSE. Sent off the letter for my husband approx 4 weeks ago and recieved a cheque today for £44.85

Domran

I've just claimed my laundry rebate but only got £60 back so I'm wondering how other people are getting such large payouts.

I'm not wishing to sound ungrateful but I explained to the tax office that I work in the paint industry and so I can't wash my uniform with my usual clothes in case I contaminate them with paint.

Therefore I have to do a "work wash" once and sometimes twice a week.
They said they have allowed me the amount due to textile workers. That doesn't sound like anywhere near such a dirty job to me.

Is it worth appealing?

00ec25

Domran wrote: »

only got £60 back s

I explained to the tax office that I work in the paint industry

how, and how often, you decide to wash your clothes is utterly irrelevant

what do you mean by "paint industry"?

as set out in post #1, the rebate is based wholly on what industry you work in , if you got back £60 then you appear to have been given 4 years worth of rebate at the textile workers rate

look at the list on the link at post #1 and decide for yourself if there is a more applicable industry in your case

jem16

Domran wrote: »

I've just claimed my laundry rebate but only got £60 back so I'm wondering how other people are getting such large payouts.

The allowance for uniform washing on its own will not result in large payouts. Anyone receiving a large payout will find that the majority of it is down to another reason such as being on a BR tax code instead of a normal tax code.

The highest allowance I can see for uniform washing seems to be around £140 which would give a tax rebate of £28. 4 years of £28 would see a rebate of £112 so not large at all.

sharpy2010

Just had 4 and a bit years of rebate and £44.49. Nice for not doing anything other than writing a letter!

LurkerTurnedPoster

Domran wrote: »

I've just claimed my laundry rebate but only got £60 back so I'm wondering how other people are getting such large payouts.

I'm not wishing to sound ungrateful but I explained to the tax office that I work in the paint industry and so I can't wash my uniform with my usual clothes in case I contaminate them with paint.

Therefore I have to do a "work wash" once and sometimes twice a week.
They said they have allowed me the amount due to textile workers. That doesn't sound like anywhere near such a dirty job to me.

Is it worth appealing?

I think the ones with big payouts are not for real...

Domran

00ec25 wrote: »

how, and how often, you decide to wash your clothes is utterly irrelevant

what do you mean by "paint industry"?

as set out in post #1, the rebate is based wholly on what industry you work in , if you got back £60 then you appear to have been given 4 years worth of rebate at the textile workers rate

look at the list on the link at post #1 and decide for yourself if there is a more applicable industry in your case

By paint industry I mean I work for a company making paint and so get quite a bit of it on my uniform - which means I don't want that paint to transfer to my own clothes in the wash and therefoe have to wash it allseperately.

What with yours and the other two replies I got I would thnk that's probably my lot, thoughI will check the list mentioned to check.

Thanks for your time.

Domran

LurkerTurnedPoster wrote: »

I think the ones with big payouts are not for real...

That's kind of what I was thinking. Cheers. :rotfl:

Domran

jem16 wrote: »

The highest allowance I can see for uniform washing seems to be around £140 which would give a tax rebate of £28. 4 years of £28 would see a rebate of £112 so not large at all.

Thanks, I will double check but it sounds like I should just bank what I have quick! :beer: