Martin Lewis: Working from home due to coronavirus, even for a day? Claim TWO years' worth of tax re

OllyRR88

Will applying for the WFH tax relief affect my ability to claim the marriage tax allowance? Both require tax code amendments. Thanks, Olly

Dazed_and_C0nfused

OllyRR88 said:

Will applying for the WFH tax relief affect my ability to claim the marriage tax allowance? Both require tax code amendments. Thanks, Olly

No.  But you cannot "claim" Marriage Allowance.

You are either the applicant (the person giving up part of the Personal Allowance) or recipient (the person who gets the Marriage Allowance tax credit).

If you mean you are the recipient then there is nothing you can do to claim it, it is upto your spouse to apply and you will automatically get any tax benefit due.

Befsgdudb

Hi all, so I get an apportionment of the £6 from my employer for working from home it’s not a full £6 per week. Can I still claim from HMRC either for the apportionment or for the whole amount again? I am so confused as if I wasn’t getting it from employee it was clearer. 

Axford

What if you have been working from home as instructed by employer since March and your part time and don’t pay tax due to earning less then £12.500 PA. Can I claim for this? 

MovingForwards

Axford said:

What if you have been working from home as instructed by employer since March and your part time and don’t pay tax due to earning less then £12.500 PA. Can I claim for this? 

If you are not paying tax, it's not possible to claim tax relief. The only other option is asking your employer to pay you the extra £6.

MovingForwards

Befsgdudb said:

Hi all, so I get an apportionment of the £6 from my employer for working from home it’s not a full £6 per week. Can I still claim from HMRC either for the apportionment or for the whole amount again? I am so confused as if I wasn’t getting it from employee it was clearer. 

I'm bringing this one to the last post of this thread. Hopefully someone has the answer.

danoid

I’m a little confused which date to put in for the relief.
I was unemployed since end of December, I then got a job in May but left 5 days later (long boring story) then unemployed until 1st September.
Both jobs this year required WFH, so do I put a date from May as start?

sisniper

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

sisniper said:

Ive worked from home (employed) for years and have never claimed anything ! Ive initially looked at submitting a claim for £4 a week for previous years but a colleague has said he claimes for % of rent/mortgage(based on space used at home), utility bills etc . can anyone advise how to do this ? 

Your colleague could.

what someone says and whats the legit way may be different

DCarpenter40

Can anyone clarify for me?  In the section on claiming through online self assessment it says  'Instead here you can claim the allowance as part of the self assessment form and HMRC have confirmed to us that for this 2021/22 tax year,'  Surely it would be in the 2020/21assessment and placed in the coding for the 2021/22 tax year.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

DCarpenter40 said:

Can anyone clarify for me?  In the section on claiming through online self assessment it says  'Instead here you can claim the allowance as part of the self assessment form and HMRC have confirmed to us that for this 2021/22 tax year,'  Surely it would be in the 2020/21assessment and placed in the coding for the 2021/22 tax year.

If you claim on your 2020:21 tax return you cannot expect to get tax relief for a second time through your 2021:22 tax code.  

Unless Covid-19 is still a problem in 2021:22 (but then that would allowing expenses for 2021:22 not a second helping for 2020:21 😳)