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  • booksurr
    booksurr Posts: 3,700 Forumite
    Katiek wrote: »
    Hi - I work in a hotel and have to wear suits or "business attire" and purchase and launder them myself. Would you think I would be entitled and if so do they contact your employer or is it discreet?
    in what way do you think a suit qualifies as a uniform?

    have you read the guide at all?
    you have no chance
  • I'm a nurse and have been for past 5+ years. Having never claimed before and after reading other peoples comments, I phoned the 0300 number for tax office. Spent about 10 minutes on the phone to claim for uniform, socks and shoes and have just received a cheque for £90 - less than a week after calling! Very pleased!
  • Reading this page, I thought my husband could possibly qualify. He rang the 0300 number and got over £400 of tax free amount adjustment through his tax code. £80 will come in handy next payday :j
  • Unsuccessful here :( letter back saying, you have already received tax relief on years 2010 to 2015?!
  • bluelass
    bluelass Posts: 587 Forumite
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    This thread has given me an idea;). To earn myself a bit of extra dough I could offer to wash the uniforms of local emergency service workers. The thought of firemen and paramedics coming round with their clothes is making me dizzy:). I can picture one doing a nick kamen in my hallway.:rotfl::rotfl:
    Britain is great but Manchester is greater
  • bluelass
    bluelass Posts: 587 Forumite
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    Katiek wrote: »
    Hi - I work in a hotel and have to wear suits or "business attire" and purchase and launder them myself. Would you think I would be entitled and if so do they contact your employer or is it discreet?

    Thanks,

    Katiek
    If its a condition of your employment then you could argue its constitute a uniform good luck.
    Britain is great but Manchester is greater
  • booksurr
    booksurr Posts: 3,700 Forumite
    edited 9 December 2014 at 2:51PM
    bluelass wrote: »
    If its a condition of your employment then you could argue its constitute a uniform good luck.
    absolutely no chance
    there is a very famous legal precedent ("the wig case") involving a barrister claiming for clothing. The judgement was that a barrister's wig counts as uniform since it would not be worn outside court however other clothing counts as "everyday wear" irrespective of whether it is (by choice) not worn outside of the work environment

    that principle establishes that a suit is every day clothing
    details here:
    http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/bimmanual/bim37910.htm
  • booksurr
    booksurr Posts: 3,700 Forumite
    bluelass wrote: »
    This thread has given me an idea;). To earn myself a bit of extra dough I could offer to wash the uniforms of local emergency service workers. The thought of firemen and paramedics coming round with their clothes is making me dizzy:). I can picture one doing a nick kamen in my hallway.:rotfl::rotfl:
    such "services" rendered by you to firemen would of course be taxable against you, just like any other such "service" :D
  • Hi all,I did this following advice on here and just got a rebate of £60 plus I have been informed that I now will save £60 a year in tax from now on,it was easy to apply and needed no receipts,just a bit of a pain filling in separate forms for each year,luckily I only had to do 3 so not too bad,but well worth doing it just to save money in coming years.
  • sheramber
    sheramber Posts: 22,570 Forumite
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    bluelass wrote: »
    If its a condition of your employment then you could argue its constitute a uniform good luck.

    The suit would need to be mongrammed in some way to identify it as a hotel uniform.
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