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Tax rebate for uniform wearers... are volunteers covered too?
I'm a Guide leader & wear my uniform for at least one evening a week. Girlguiding UK is a uniformed organisation and as leaders we are expected to wear our uniform... so I was wondering if the tax rebate for uniform wearers covered volunteers as well as those in paid employment.
It's mentioned on Money Saving Expert but as a new poster I can't add the link. Probs searching for "uniform-tax-rebate" would find it as that's how the web addy ends... along with " / reclaim / "
Does anyone know if I can claim as a volunteer?
Thanks
It's mentioned on Money Saving Expert but as a new poster I can't add the link. Probs searching for "uniform-tax-rebate" would find it as that's how the web addy ends... along with " / reclaim / "
Does anyone know if I can claim as a volunteer?
Thanks
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My reason for feeling that you would NOT be able to is that it is a voluntary activity: you choose to take part, therefore you choose to wear the uniform. Whereas at work you do not have a choice: if there's a uniform and you have to provide and pay for it, AND it's something you would not otherwise wear, then there's a tax allowance available.
One thread is here.
You have to pay tax in the first place. How can they give you tax relief if you are a non tax payer.
But the more I think about it, the more I think that there has to be a link between the thing you want to claim tax relief on and the activity on which are paying the tax. I could be wrong, of course.
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/uniform-tax-rebate
I don't see why it shouldn't be available to volunteers, they are basically unpaid employees. They don't choose to wear the uniform, they have to. Might be worth putting in a claim and see what happens.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM68131.htm
Although it is specific about Special Constables, it holds good for any voluntary work.