Who should pay for a uniform with a company logo?

HappyMJ

DVardysShadow wrote: »

The allowance for washing the uniform is £60 as a default, I believe - if it can be proven that it costs more, then more can be set against taxable income. Similarly, if staff must buy their own uniforms which are not suitable for use outside work, I would expect this to be allowed against taxable income. But it does need checking with HMRC.

Note that if the employee is taxed at 20% and spends £100, the tax allowance will rise by £100 but the tax paid will be reduced by £20.

Agreed £60 as per HMRC guidelines can be more.. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM32712.htm

BennyTheSnitch

Yes, as mentioned by a few people, it looks like having an embroidered logo on a top would constitute clothing expenses which could be reimbursed via a tax return: EIM32475 - Other expenses: clothing: uniforms. I will investigate this further. Thanks for those who pointed this out.

BennyTheSnitch

HappyMJ wrote: »

Agreed £60 as per HMRC guidelines can be more.. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM32712.htm

You beat me to it ;-)

mavisangelica

!!!!!! wrote: »

No for 2 reasons.

1. School uniform is not work wear.
2. Only your daughter would have been able to claim if 1 didn't apply but she would need a taxable income to claim against..

On a slightly different note, DS is on a programme led engineering apprenticeship and when attending the training centre he has to wear the provided PPE and overalls (as you would expect) but he has been told that 'he' (for he read me ) has to bring his overalls home each week to be washed. As he has no income then he can't claim. Shame that it can't be offset against mine.

MissSarah1972

May have missed this but what happens when/if she leaves their employment? Will they ask for the uniform?

DVardysShadow

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

May have missed this but what happens when/if she leaves their employment? Will they ask for the uniform?

Sell them on eBay as <item> logoed for <employer> and let the employer know that they are up for sale. Might encourage the employer to think again about the benefits of owning the logoed clothing themselves.

Savvy_Sue

mavisangelica wrote: »

On a slightly different note, DS is on a programme led engineering apprenticeship and when attending the training centre he has to wear the provided PPE and overalls (as you would expect) but he has been told that 'he' (for he read me ) has to bring his overalls home each week to be washed. As he has no income then he can't claim. Shame that it can't be offset against mine.

If he's old enough to do an apprenticeship, he's old enough to do his own laundry, IMO.

Not that that helps the OP, I know.

cazbear_2

hi i was wondering if any one could give me the link to so i can look in to clamming tax relief on my work unifrom many thanks sorry if its here i just cant see it many thanks

cr1mson

I would get your wife to point out the security risk. If she buys the uniform she will keep it should she leave and then it could in theory be used to gain unauthorised access to the nursery.

However if nursery bought it then it could be returned when people leave.

I have heard of a company changed their policy when a member of staff picked up one of their logo'ed poloshirts from a local charity shop!

C