Wash your uniform at home ?

booksurr

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

sbb_milla

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!

SuperSaver123

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

sha-ronlush

Unsuccessful here letter back saying, you have already received tax relief on years 2010 to 2015?!

booksurr

Deleted User 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

Deleted User 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"

Tracey52

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

Deleted User 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.

John_Pierpoint

Tracey52 wrote: »

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.

For ordinary commercial relationships it is possible to go back 6 years (or 5 if you are under Scottish law) but HMRC gets to write its own rules. This used to be just under 5 years 10 months from the end of the tax year but now have been reduced to 4 fiscal years.

The reason why the last day of the fiscal year is 05 April dates back a couple of centuries and then back into the church calendar of ancient Rome.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/deadlines-taxpayers.htm

zygurat789

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

The reason why the last day of the fiscal year is 05 April dates back a couple of centuries and then back into the church calendar of ancient Rome.

The financial year end was 25 March but the calendar was updated and 11 days were lost from the year.
The general population, no doubt led by accountants, realised they were paying more tax than they would have otherwise have done and rioted uner the slogan "Give us back our 11 days"
25 March plus 11 days gives us 5 April.