Self employment what counts as expenses

John_Pierpoint

I know it would help if your husband had more than one customer - a bit of relief milking? That sort of thing?
In that case he genuinely would have more than one place of work and be claiming his 45p a mile for all his journeys.
[The HMRC's example of commuting is a self employed milkman who collects the milk float from the one depot]

tweenie1

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

I know it would help if your husband had more than one customer - a bit of relief milking? That sort of thing?
In that case he genuinely would have more than one place of work and be claiming his 45p a mile for all his journeys.
[The HMRC's example of commuting is a self employed milkman who collects the milk float from the one depot]

yes he has been asked if available for one of the big agricultural shows so seems word gets about

tyllwyd

tweenie1 wrote: »

... but wondered about cleaning the workwear as wasn't sure if this would class as general washing which would be done anyway or not.

They have to be washed seperately anyway as they are not pleasant smelling before washing!

Martin has posted a guide for employees claiming back expenses for washing workwear - if you use the same figures for washing your husband's workwear, I wouldn't expect that HMRC would question it (but that's just a guess on my part, I'm not an accountant!)
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/uniform-tax-rebate

tweenie1

tyllwyd wrote: »

Martin has posted a guide for employees claiming back expenses for washing workwear - if you use the same figures for washing your husband's workwear, I wouldn't expect that HMRC would question it (but that's just a guess on my part, I'm not an accountant!)
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/uniform-tax-rebate

Its says on there agriculture employees is £100 so do I deduct £100 or is it 20% of this figure £20?

tyllwyd

tweenie1 wrote: »

Its says on there agriculture employees is £100 so do I deduct £100 or is it 20% of this figure £20?

You would put £100 down as an expense (so his tax bill will be £20 lower than it otherwise would have been).

tweenie1

tyllwyd wrote: »

You would put £100 down as an expense (so his tax bill will be £20 lower than it otherwise would have been).

Thank you I had put £100 down on expenses then worried that i had got it wrong.