Getting my Tax bill down

100saving

so does that mean i will not pay tax on the first £9,540?

jem16

100saving wrote: »

so does that mean i will not pay tax on the first £9,540?

Correct - £9440 + £100 = £9540.

100saving

sorry i was having a blond moment. how does the working from home thing work could i claim for 3 hours of home working? it says on the HMRC website:

"payments of up to £4.00 per week, or £18 per month for monthly paid employees, you don’t need to provide any records of the household expenses you’re claiming relief for. For amounts above £4.00 you will need supporting evidence to show that the amount you are claiming is no more than the additional household expenses you have actually incurred."

so does that mean i could claim for say £15 a month (£180 a year) without having to show any evidence? and if they asked for evidence what could this be? as its mostly emails and a small amount of paperwork max 3 housrs a week.

Gas_Powered_Toothbrush

100saving wrote: »

so does that mean i could claim for say £15 a month (£180 a year) without having to show any evidence? and if they asked for evidence what could this be? as its mostly emails and a small amount of paperwork max 3 housrs a week.

No.

What it means is that once HMRC have accepted that your are required to work from home, then you can claim up to the £4/wk limit without showing evidence of the costs incurred.

From what little you've said before, I have serious doubts as to whether HMRC would accept a homeworking claim from you - remember that any costs incurred must be done "wholly, necessarily and exclusively in the performance of your duties"

Skint_yet_Again

100saving wrote: »

i followed the steps in this thread (https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/27967) and the steps my employer set out to get the money back from last year and it should start taking it off my monthly tax bill.

How does the working from home expenses claim work? i do sometimes do a few hours paper work from home.

Also I use my phone a lot for emails and work texting/calling ect. could i claim back part of my contract bill?

Sorry but its not clear from your posts, does your employer require you to work from home? As per the link I posted :

"If you are employed specifically to work at or from home, and have no alternative but to do so, you may be able to get tax relief on some of your household expenses"

You might be able to claim tax relief for the cost of business calls etc on your mobile phone - see guidance here and the examples - again you would only get back 20% of any amount HMRC allow, as you are a basic rate taxpayer

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/eim32945.htm

It also depends on your tariff and whether or not there is an actual additional cost to you not included in your tariff/free minutes/free data etc

McKneff

Lol, God loves a trier though.

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