Wash your uniform at home ?

oxenryd

Quick update

Sent the letter 3 weeks ago to the tax office, received a letter today and am now on 570 L.

So big thanks to this thread !!

scorpiolady

I sent my letter 4 weeks ago and got a reply today starting with an apology for the delay in the reply :j

barwickpaul_2

Hello ,i work in a factory were overalls are provided and are washed by an outside firm,but i wear a t-shirt underneath my overalls that has the company logo on and i have to wash it at home .The t-shirt and overalls get covered in glass fibre so i shouldn't really be using my home washing machine to wash the t-shirts and socks from work .Do you think i would be entitled to claim and how do you find out what tax office to send the form .

Thank you Paul.

deanos

barwickpaul wrote: »

Hello ,i work in a factory were overalls are provided and are washed by an outside firm,but i wear a t-shirt underneath my overalls that has the company logo on and i have to wash it at home .The t-shirt and overalls get covered in glass fibre so i shouldn't really be using my home washing machine to wash the t-shirts and socks from work .Do you think i would be entitled to claim and how do you find out what tax office to send the form .

Thank you Paul.

You need to speak to your payroll department and ask what tax office they use and send the letter there, as you was clothes at home you should qualify , just put it all in a letter and send it off

barwickpaul_2

cheers deanos,i will do that.:T

Tigsteroonie

scorpiolady wrote: »

Does anyone know how long it takes as i applied a month ago and havn't heard anything yet

Must depend on which tax office, as I had mine back within a month. New tax code for this year plus, a week later, a cheque for £48 overpayment in the last 6 years.

caris

Hi

My hubby works in a foundry, although a uniform is not supplied, he comes home BLACK from head to toe, his clothes including underwear and socks are absolutely filthy every day, and he also gets covered in sand,the mess left behind in the washing machine is awful, I have to give it a complete wipe around after doing any of his work clothes, its all over and in the door seals and the drum has to be given a wpe also, can he apply for this rebate?

Caris

fengirl_2

Yes, washing his dirty work clothes is an allowable deduction. However, I feel that foundry workers must come under certain trades which have fixed rate expense deductions agreed with HMRC to cover such costs.
Go to www.hmrc.gov.uk and search under fixed rate expenses or deductions and look on the list to see if his job is there.

For anyone wishing to claim for laundry, etc etc, its a good idea to first look at the fixed rate deductions list to see if your job is there. For instance, when I was doing this kind of work at the tax office, there was a fixed rate deduction of £25 for workers in the food industry which would cover all you Pizza Hut and Tescos workers.

Any chance of making this a sticky?

newcastlebelle

hi fengirl, many thanks for the website address, but I'm hopeless navigating around them sorta sites![think thats probably the intention of the IR!]
where exactly do I look for the list of jobs that can claim?

we have a postman, pizza express waitress and a plumber in the family and I wash all their uniforms at home. would love to know if we can claim

deanos

newcastlebelle wrote: »

we have a postman, pizza express waitress and a plumber in the family and I wash all their uniforms at home. would love to know if we can claim

Yes each person should be able to claim, just find out the relevent tax office's and send in a letter