Money Moral Dilemma: Should I claim tax back while working from home due to coronavirus?

Scrapit

Double010 said:

Of course you shouldn't claim it , whatever the amount . Why rip off the government , and taxpayers , particularly at a time of national emergency.

How can you rip off the government when it is offered by the government? Complete nonsense.

afis1904

Very weird that this is a website based around saving money wherever you can but somehow once you're claiming money from super rich (I'm going to include the government as they can borrow however much they want) it's a moral dilemma.

unholyangel

Scrapit said:

Double010 said:

Of course you shouldn't claim it , whatever the amount . Why rip off the government , and taxpayers , particularly at a time of national emergency.

How can you rip off the government when it is offered by the government? Complete nonsense.

It's not offered by the government if you're only working from home due to coronavirus though (as per my previous post). 

mobilejo

Double010 said:

Of course you shouldn't claim it , whatever the amount . Why rip off the government , and taxpayers , particularly at a time of national emergency.

Not sure if this is serious or very sarcastic?

TheAble

It's not a huge amount of money but I'll be claiming it all the same. All mounts up, you know. "Many a little makes a mickle", as Poor Richard says...

Jaytee966

Jeremy535897 said:

Don't confuse expenses allowable for tax with those that are not. You are entitled to claim for expenses wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the performance of your duties. Commuting to work does not meet this test. Using your electricity, telephone etc for business does meet the test sometimes, but to avoid having to check a whole load of trivial claims they grant an allowance of £6 a week without proof if you work from home. If you pay tax at 20% it is worth £1,20 a week. After the end of the tax year you use a form P87 to claim. There is no moral dimension. If there was, you would turn down the personal allowance of £12,500 as well. If you want to give the money to a charity of your choice, do so.

Gift it to charity, using GiftAid, the charity will get £1.50. As there are people falling between the cracks in the government schemes, donation of food or cash to your local foodbank may be relevant at this time.

JayD

As has been said ... £6 tax relief - and as you are better off financially anyway, I suggest you don't bother.

Andy_L

Double010 said:

Of course you shouldn't claim it , whatever the amount . Why rip off the government , and taxpayers , particularly at a time of national emergency.

Isn't that what the employer is doing by not paying it to the employee in the first place?