Working from home expenses

crumpet_man

My utility bills are the same as someone is at home most of the time anyway.  

Per month savings to me  from working from home:
40 hours commuting time
£225 train fare
WFH saves me a lot time and money.

MovingForwards

Daz147 said:

Why do people think that because you are saving on the cost of commuting it is ok for the employer to transfer business costs onto the employee ? The 2 are completely separate, if the employee moved house to further from their place of work do you think the employer would pay them the extra commuting costs ?

I have moved further away, instead of costing me £40pm in petrol it's now going to cost me about £240 for a train and bus pass to get to work, when the office opens.

Maybe if my employer paid me double what they are, I could have afforded to buy in that city.

Perhaps some of us are ok to spending an extra few pence on electric to be in the comfort of our own homes, to eat and drink when we want, to work our hours and straight away be on to our personal life when the IT equipment is switched off.

Others are probably happy to know they still have a regular income when several friends and family haven't been so lucky.

maisie_cat

To be fair you should look at it from an out of pocket expenses perspective, overall how much more or less are you spending working at home? 
The largest saving is commuting cost and time as well as lunches, coffee, dry cleaning etc. There are few additional costs, perhaps a small amount of electricity and the cost of improving technology. If WFH is costing you more than working in the office then by all means claim the cost.
Then, having put your head above the parapet, be prepared to be remembered when redundancies are be mooted.

elsien

It's nowhere near the time when my heating will go on. That's what jumpers are for.
Boiling the kettle an extra couple of times  a day is negligible. 

[Deleted User]

Electrics bill during lock down £62 electrics bill after lock down £96 - sorry that's monthly. Got the unpaid overtime down to 1 hour a week, compared with the 3 hours per day at one point (I'll point out it was our busiest time) as it wasn't funny working to 8pm. No matter how we have to live in this fear of well you have a job. At start of lock down I was unsure if a salary of 16k was do-able.

TELLIT01

This may help.  https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/working-at-home

Doshwaster

My electric bill has gone up a bit,maybe a few pounds a month. The test will be in the winter when the heating is on all day (maybe I will just have to work in my coat)
However, I'm saving a fortune on petrol and pre-packed sandwiches plus I get longer in bed and I haven't ironed a work shirt since March - so on balance, it's more positive than negative.