Wash your uniform at home ?

[Deleted User]

b33r wrote: »

I don't think it states in my contract of employment but I will check. If it doesn't (and it's just a policy) does that mean I can't claim?

I think you'll have a hard time convincing HMRC that you're entitled to anything. I've never heard of anyone claiming on the basis that they have to wear a tee shirt 40% of the time.

I assume your trousers and shoes on those days are your own and not issued by the company? If so, you are wanting to claim simply for washing a tee shirt which you are not required to wear most of the time. Hardly an extra cost to you!

b33r

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

I think you'll have a hard time convincing HMRC that you're entitled to anything.

Yeh, no intentions of making a battle out of it, i just read about the uniform tax rebate on the weekly newsletter and so wondered if it applied in my case and if it was easy enough I would claim what I'm entitled to.

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

I've never heard of anyone claiming on the basis that they have to wear a tee shirt 40% of the time.

Yeh I did a bit of googling and couldn't find any other cases which is why I asked.

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

I assume your trousers and shoes on those days are your own and not issued by the company? If so, you are wanting to claim simply for washing a tee shirt which you are not required to wear most of the time. Hardly an extra cost to you!

Yes, trousers and shoes are my own. No the cost will be minimal but if there is any cost at all that I am entitled to claim back and the process to do it was easy enough (i.e. didn't cost me more in time than I could claim) I would do it.

[Deleted User]

b33r wrote: »

the cost will be minimal

The cost will be nil, as your tee shirt can easily go in with your normal laundry.

00ec25

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

The cost will be nil, as your tee shirt can easily go in with your normal laundry.

whilst I understand your annoyance, the fact is that if your employer requires you to wear clothing that meets the definition of a uniform then it does not matter whether that clothing comprises 1 or 20 items

you can claim the default rate for doing uniform laundry: £60 pa, and thus get a £12 tax rebate as a basic rate taxpayer.

there are only 2 real issues:
a) if HMRC contacts the employer, will the employer be able to provide evidence that wearing the uniform is a requirement and thus "wholly, necessarily, and exclusively undertaken in the performance of the duties of the employment": yes/no. There is no minimum wear period, merely the existence of a requirement, eg: 1% of the time.

and

b) does the clothing meet the definition of a uniform: yes/no.
A T-shirt with permanent logo is unquestionably a uniform in that sense.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-income-manual/eim32475

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-income-manual/eim32480

[Deleted User]

00ec25 wrote: »

whilst I understand your annoyance, the fact is that if your employer requires you to wear clothing that meets the definition of a uniform then it does not matter whether that clothing comprises 1 or 20 items

I'm not annoyed!

I just think user "b33r" will not be successful, unless the tee shirt is part of his contract.

I was pointing out that he shouldn't be too disappointed as his "uniform" doesn't actually cost him anything extra in laundry fees.

If he is successful, on the other hand, he has £12 that the Taxman would otherwise have.

doodlez1612

B33r, I have claimed for years on the basis of wearing a logoed tshirt and some PPE occasionally. They don’t specifiy how frequently something has to be worn or how frequently it has to be washed or how many items there have to be. I took it as ‘if there is anything you have been given to wear for work and need to wash that you wouldn’t wear oiytside of work’. Sure £12 a year isn’t much but it’s better then nothing bearing in mind how easy it is to claim.

GlennTheBaker

My employer provides me with 3 polo shirts embroidered with the company logo. Nowhere in my contract does it stipulate that I must wear them. I wear one when the circumstances suit, the rest of the time I wear a shirt and tie. To say there is no cost involved in washing and drying them at home just because they can get put in with the rest of the laundry is incorrect.

b33r

GlennTheBaker wrote: »

My employer provides me with 3 polo shirts embroidered with the company logo. Nowhere in my contract does it stipulate that I must wear them. I wear one when the circumstances suit, the rest of the time I wear a shirt and tie. To say there is no cost involved in washing and drying them at home just because they can get put in with the rest of the laundry is incorrect.

Thanks for the reply. Do you claim the tax allowance for this?

GlennTheBaker

b33r wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. Do you claim the tax allowance for this?

Yes, I do.

darren72

I'm helping my father complete his tax return. The company he worked for was taken over by another company half way through the last tax year, so his tax return shows two employments.

Both required uniform and he washes this himself.

Should he split the £60 fixed in half between the two companies, or does it not matter ? - I assume it is £60 fixed per individual so wouldn't matter how it is split ?

Thanks in advance