Self-assessment for salaried employee

jain208

Hi,

I am a salaried employee and I travel to work by train. Currently I don't do my self-assessment because as I understand, being a salaried employee, I don't need to. But one of my friends told me that I can claim for my travel expenses in my self-assessment and claim refund for that up to 3 years in the past. Is that correct? Are there any other type of expenses that can be claimed by a salaried employee?

I would appreciate any guidance on this matter.

Thanks,
Abhi.

suso

Being a salaried employee doesn't mean you don't have to do a self assessment. It depends upon the level of your earnings and complexity of your tax affairs.

Do you travel a permanent place of work. Or do you travel to a temporary workplace ?

Salaried employees can claim very little, generally all the essentials for their work is provided by their employers.

It is only when there are complications that you might be able to claim.
ie being a condition of your contract that you work from home.
Travelling to a temporary workplace.
Using your car for business usage (not commuting) and being reimbursed less than the approved rates.

Post more details of your circumstances and more information will be forthcoming.

But just travelling to a permanent place of work on a train is not a claimable expense.

jain208

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I am working in London and it is an office-based job. So, I travel to a permanent location (work) everyday and use a season ticket which costs around £3000 a year.
Apart from that there is no other complication that I can think of. Do you think I can claim for my travelling expenses?

Please let me know if I can provide any more information that can be relevant in my case.

Thanks,
Abhi.

System

jain208 wrote: »

Do you think I can claim for my travelling expenses?

No because it is normal commuting costs to a permanent place of work

jain208

Thanks for your help. :-)