Wash your uniform at home ?

00ec25

St_pete wrote: »

Can I claim if I'm self employed?

I have to wear the overalls with the company name I'm contracted to.

St_pete wrote: »

Can anyone help me.

I'm self employed but I have a long term contract with a company who I solely work for.

They supply my work wear with their logo I that I have to wear and obviously have to wash them myself.

Wound I qualify for this rebate?

in the approx 1800 posts on this thread your question has been asked and answered several times, try using the search function

if you are genuinely self employed (clarify why they are your only customer if you are self employed?) then this will help:
example
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=53468725&postcount=1484

00ec25

Bublin1 wrote: »

Can Metropolitan Police Officers claim this?
There were whispers that we couldn't claim.

there are specific rules for the police, all very standard stuff, surprised its not common gossip as opposed to whispers from those who should use their time more productively
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/eim68130.htm

St_pete

00ec25 wrote: »

in the approx 1800 posts on this thread your question has been asked and answered several times, try using the search function

if you are genuinely self employed (clarify why they are your only customer if you are self employed?) then this will help:
example

I ain't got time to read all 1800 posts on here. I've glanced through it and can't find any. I've also googled it and still can't find any info.

I'm a contract Haulier, I own a concrete mixer which I'm contracted to a concrete company. I pay for the truck (it's mine), I pay the fuel, road tax, operators licence, insurance etc so I guess that makes me self employed and hope that clarifies that for you?

I have to wear the workwear supplied by the concrete company which had their name on it.

Bublin1

00ec25 wrote: »

there are specific rules for the police, all very standard stuff, surprised its not common gossip as opposed to whispers from those who should use their time more productively
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/eim68130.htm

Huh?
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jimmo

St_pete wrote: »

I ain't got time to read all 1800 posts on here. I've glanced through it and can't find any. I've also googled it and still can't find any info.

I'm a contract Haulier, I own a concrete mixer which I'm contracted to a concrete company. I pay for the truck (it's mine), I pay the fuel, road tax, operators licence, insurance etc so I guess that makes me self employed and hope that clarifies that for you?

I have to wear the workwear supplied by the concrete company which had their name on it.

Don’t worry. For tax professionals the Ready Mixed Concrete case is a bit of a classic and you are definitely self employed.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/esmmanual/ESM7030.htm
However, as a self employed person, your tax situation is rather different to employees. You don’t claim an allowance as such; you adjust your profit and loss account or profit statement in your Self Assessment Returns but having said that, whilst you are not entitled to a fixed rate deduction, HMRC will hardly object if you claim the same amount.
At this particular time it is relatively easy to adjust your 2012/13 and 2011/12 SA Returns, particularly if you file on-line.
However going back further is rather more problematical. It can still be done but involves making an “overpayment relief” claim.

00ec25

Bublin1 wrote: »

Huh?
10 char

what is you do not understand? If someone in the street gave a monosyllabic grunt like that back to you I should think you would give them short shrift

Bublin1

00ec25 wrote: »

what is you do not understand? If someone in the street gave a monosyllabic grunt like that back to you I should think you would give them short shrift

You seem upset.

eta I've seen your responses to some other posts. Carry on.

00ec25

Bublin1 wrote: »

You seem upset

no I am more than happy to help but like a teacher at school I prefer to help people who make an effort, not those who want the answer spoon fed and then stil have no understanding of why the answer is right
- there is a specific rate for police up to the stated rank
- you claim it
- there is no doubt, as shown by the HMRC link I gave you which thus answers your original question

Bublin1

00ec25 wrote: »

no I am more than happy to help but like a teacher at school I prefer to help people who make an effort not those who want spoon feeding an answer
- there is a specific rate for police up to the stated rank
- you claim it
- there is no doubt

In my first post I specified the Metroplitan Police Service and did so for a reason - I was told today that their employees couldn't claim. I have read the majority of this very long thread and the links, before you kindly posted them and could not find an answer to my specific question. I just thought I'd ask the knowlegeable members of this forum.

00ec25

Bublin1 wrote: »

In my first post I specified the Metroplitan Police Service and did so for a reason - I was told today that their employees couldn't claim.

the Met Police give relief at source for Police Federation fees (unlike other Police services. This is because the federation fees are a deduction from your pay so can be processed via your payroll (the Met is unique in that they deduct the fee before you pay tax, other services deduct it after tax)

No police force (Met included) actually pays you the cost of laundry (if they did you would not have a claim against HMRC anyway) therefore the laundry costs are nothing to do with payroll and cannot be dealt with by the employer. Thus you incur the costs of laundering your uniform out of your post tax income and so have to claim against HMRC for tax relief on that cost. HMRC will adjust your tax code as that is the way HMRC gives you such an allowance on a rolling basis

look at your tax code letter and see what adjustments have been made