Wash your uniform at home ?

Anya

My husband works in a nursery. They have washing facilities for childrens clothes but not for staff - would he still be eligible? He also changed jobs last year - would he be able to claim for the three years he was at his previous workplace and would we need to send 2 letters or combine it into one?

shrek101

Got our letter sent off to local tax office, fingers crossed.

I saw some mention of this on working lunch the other day. They were telling people how to work out your correct amount fo tax via your tax code. They then went on to interview a chap who works for a company who does this for a living. Besides being questioned as to why people need them hen they cliam 60% of the back tax or something like that, it was high percentage. He happened to mention tax for washing uniforms.

I found oput the part about your tax code

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/4485833.stm

shrek101

Also found this

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/senew/SE32482.htm

The employees in a factory are provided with protective overalls but have to wash the overalls themselves. In 1998/99 the employer makes a payment of 50p per week to each employee as a contribution to the cost. The overalls get so dirty that they need to be washed in a high temperature wash separate from other clothes. It is agreed that the laundry costs suggested in SE32485 are reasonable.

There is an agreement that the payment of 50p per week may be made without deduction of tax, see SE05200. The cost of washing the overalls is deductible, see SE32480. The net cost will be £19 for 1998/99 (£45 less £26).

divadee

WOW thanks for this, mr divadee has to wear a unifrm for work (retail shop) and you would never ever wear it out of the house (its nasty) so i am gonna write off and try and claim back what we are owed. hope it works, hes worked there for 15 years but as 6 is the most they will pay, should hopefully get the maximum.

OVERTHEODDS

Does this apply to nurses working for the NHS?

divadee

OVERTHEODDS wrote:

Does this apply to nurses working for the NHS?

Have a look here for details on nurses uniforms. Hope that helps.

OVERTHEODDS

Thank You!

carl310166

Quite a few of my workmates in Royal Mail have written off to the Tax Office.

They have started to receive replies stating that their tax codes have already been adjusted to take the cleaning into account,but we can claim tax relief on contributions to our death grants via union subscriptions.

If any Royal Mail worker would like a copy of this standard letter,PM me.

phatbear

typical, i work for Customs and I cant seem to find any mention of whether I can claim, if I can do you also think I can get an extra allowance for cleaning materials for my handcuff???

AndyR_3

I wrote off to claim, and got a reply back saying I was already recieving the benefit. I wansn't, so I wrote back requesting they double check. I just had a reply saying I recieved the benefit in my previous job (until 2002) but have not recieved it for my current job. However, they have also discovered I payed too little tax in 2002. The amount of underpaid tax is the same as what I'm owed for cleaning my uniform, so they're not giving me any money back. They've changed my tax code though.

Ho-hum