Work uniform

pinkshoes

Black trousers and shoes = school uniform = cheap!!!!!

Just get some from Asda or Tesco.

ratechaser

MacMickster wrote: »

Consequently you can't claim tax relief on the cost of buying and washing your trousers, in the same way that many people are unable to claim in respect of the suits that they are required to buy and wear in the office.

Darn, and I was thinking about having the mother of all shopping sprees at Saville Row/Jermyn St, courtesy of HMRC.

Back to M&S for me then

nicechap

MacMickster wrote: »

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Edit: The advice by the previous poster is incorrect. Even if you would personally never wear plain black trousers or shoes outside of work, they are normal everyday wear for many people and nothing prevents you from wearing them outside of work if you chose to do so. Consequently you can't claim tax relief on the cost of buying and washing your trousers, in the same way that many people are unable to claim in respect of the suits that they are required to buy and wear in the office.

Google Mallalieu v. Drummond (HMIT) [1983] STC 665.

Miss Mallalieu was a barrister and she claimed a deduction against her schedule D income for the dark clothing that she was required to wear in court as she wouldn’t normally wear such clothing in her private life.

MacMickster

nicechap wrote: »

Google Mallalieu v. Drummond (HMIT) [1983] STC 665.

Miss Mallalieu was a barrister and she claimed a deduction against her schedule D income for the dark clothing that she was required to wear in court as she wouldn’t normally wear such clothing in her private life.

Yes. This was something that I queried with my accountant when I had my own business and had a dress code for my employees.

As a barrister the claimant in that case would have been self-employed. My accountant told me that there are tighter rules for employees and that they would get no tax relief if they had to pay for their own workwear, or would even have to pay extra tax if I bought it for them unless I had my business name plastered all over every item so that they couldn't reasonably wear it outside of work.

If I remember his reasoning correctly, buying suitable workwear wasn't an expense of carrying out the duties of their job. It merely put them in a position where they were present and correctly dressed in order to do the job, the same as paying to get to work each day.

Exodi

Whilst we're on the topic, I was at Primark the other day and my OCD other-half convinced (forced) me to get socks that said the day of the week on them. Whilst seemingly minor at first, I found that I seldom wore the Saturday & Sunday socks as I'd typically just loaf around the house on weekends. It then occurred to me, that should I not have to go to work, I'd also not use the weekday socks and to that effect I'm wondering if it's reasonable to demand compensation from my employer for 5/7ths of the price of the socks?

I also found I get takeaway twice as often on weekdays as weekends (partly due to getting home from work late and not being bothered to cook), what would be the best way to get my employer to pay 50% of the cost of my takeaways?

eamon

The company logo/name on supplied workwear is typically known as the "Tax Tab".

Les79

hyubh wrote: »

Perhaps best not to be quite so sanctimonious if you can't hide your fetish for other people's underwear - your knickers may be in a twist, no need to ask about everyone else's

Not sure how you went from pants/shoes to underwear, especially in the OP's context, but glad you got a kick out of it

hyubh

Les79 wrote: »

Not sure how you went from pants/shoes to underwear, especially in the OP's context, but glad you got a kick out of it

Erm, UK forum, so learn to speak British English ('pants' are underwear, trousers the long things you wear over the top), especially as your only input to this thread has been to take the mickey out of the OP.

trailingspouse

Had to go to a black tie event directly related to running our business. That meant a dinner jacket etc for him and a 'proper' evening dress for me. Not items of clothing that we would wear under any other circumstances. So I asked the accountant...
It's called 'duality of purpose' - basically if you can use the item outside of work then you can't claim it.


Primark do a good line in plain black trousers. Ditto the big supermarkets. Make sure you get washable ones.