Wash your uniform at home ?

BackonTheMarket75

Yes! My tax has now been reduced for washing my uniform at home

tillycat123

If you have 2 jobs that both give uniform can you claim for both or just 1 claim has to cover all?

00ec25

tillycat123 wrote: »

If you have 2 jobs that both give uniform can you claim for both or just 1 claim has to cover all?

read post #1's links, the answer is there
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=281775&postcount=1

uphillstruggler

Brilliant money-saving tip and thanks for letting me know. Bit of a retro-post here but managed to save £200 in my old customer service job. It was very easy to do through HMRC. One happy debt-free wannabe! Thank you.

Ashers92

Here's a question.

I've already successfully applied for this rebate a couple of years ago, but now I'm helping a colleague do the same. This is his second time working at the company after taking a break and working elsewhere. Can a single claim be put in for the first time working here between the dates he worked here, as well as the second time.
How would we go about wording it in the letter? Something like below?

'I have been employed at 'COMPANY' between xx/xx/xx and xx/xx/xx and since xx/xx/xx.
I am provided with multiple items of uniform bearing the company logo. As such I am obliged to launder the uniform, as there are no laundry facilities available to me.
I therefore wish to claim an expenses allowance of £60 for each year worked during/since the above dates.'

Also, is the rebate still back dated 4 years, plus the current tax year? If so, he started working the first time round long before the 2013/14 tax year. Should we include the original dates anyway and let the tax office work out the cut off time for a rebate?

Thanks,
Ash

00ec25

Ashers92 wrote: »

Here's a question.

I've already successfully applied for this rebate a couple of years ago, but now I'm helping a colleague do the same. This is his second time working at the company after taking a break and working elsewhere. Can a single claim be put in for the first time working here between the dates he worked here, as well as the second time.
How would we go about wording it in the letter? Something like below?

'I have been employed at 'COMPANY' between xx/xx/xx and xx/xx/xx and since xx/xx/xx.
I am provided with multiple items of uniform bearing the company logo. As such I am obliged to launder the uniform, as there are no laundry facilities available to me.
I therefore wish to claim an expenses allowance of £60 for each year worked during/since the above dates.'

Also, is the rebate still back dated 4 years, plus the current tax year? If so, he started working the first time round long before the 2013/14 tax year. Should we include the original dates anyway and let the tax office work out the cut off time for a rebate?

Thanks,
Ash

technically if you write to HMRC you are supposed to use a P87 form. If you choose to write a letter instead then the bottom line is you claim for each tax year

the P87 covers an individual tax year, therefore you would need to send 5 separate forms for the tax years: 17/18, 16/17, 15/16, 14/15 & 13/14

form and instructions here:
https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/how-to-claim

Ashers92

00ec25 wrote: »

technically if you write to HMRC you are supposed to use a P87 form. If you choose to write a letter instead then the bottom line is you claim for each tax year

the P87 covers an individual tax year, therefore you would need to send 5 separate forms for the tax years: 17/18, 16/17, 15/16, 14/15 & 13/14

form and instructions here:
https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/how-to-claim

Okay then. In addition to the letter we'll send the relevant amount of forms then.
If you only worked half the tax year, I'm guessing you still put in a form for that year?

Andy_WSM

Using the advice on this forum I managed to get a rebate for cleaning my works uniform for the last year and my tax code adjusted for future years. It's not a huge amount, but any tax I don't have to pay is a very welcome amount of money in my pocket nowadays.

Are there still badges being given out? Would love another for my little collection. :beer:

tajasel

The Royal College of Nursing have a form for nursing staff (inc healthcare assistants) to fill in, that you can send to the HMRC - it has uniform, NMC fees, RCN fees, socks and shoes section on it. Worked for me!

I'm too new to be able to post links but here's where to find it:

rcn.org.uk/-/media/royal-college-of-nursing/documents/council-documents/membership/tax-relief-form.pdf

00ec25

tajasel wrote: »

The Royal College of Nursing have a form for nursing staff (inc healthcare assistants) to fill in, that you can send to the HMRC - it has uniform, NMC fees, RCN fees, socks and shoes section on it. Worked for me!

I'm too new to be able to post links but here's where to find it:

rcn.org.uk/-/media/royal-college-of-nursing/documents/council-documents/membership/tax-relief-form.pdf

yes, the help provided by the RCN has been mentioned many times before, also, unlike other trade unions/professional bodies who provide "forms" to their members, theirs does not result in you paying some of your tax refund to them as commission.

a better link is this one as it explains what else you can claim besides just laundry costs, the form is then downloaded from the bottom of the page:

https://www.rcn.org.uk/membership/tax-relief