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Working from home & claiming expenses but starting maternity leave query plse
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littlewren
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Mu daughter had to start working from home at the beginning of the March lockdown and a few weeks later found out she was pregnant. She has just started her maternity leave. She completed the expenses form for working from home via the Gov UK website, which now gives tax relief for a year, but how does that work now that she's going to be off work until approx November 2021? Is there anyway she could claim this back in the form of a payment, or will the lower tax code be applied when she returns?
Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich man's World!
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The lower tax code will be applied to her maternity pay.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.1
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If she is a basic rate tax payer -- its the grand sum of £1.20 a week1
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She's been told she won't be paying tax on her maternity allowance.silvercar said:The lower tax code will be applied to her maternity pay.Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich man's World!0 -
If she is not paying any tax then she can not have a tax relief...littlewren said:
She's been told she won't be paying tax on her maternity allowance.silvercar said:The lower tax code will be applied to her maternity pay.3 -
Tax liability and tax relief relate to whole year income. If she has only worked part of the year she may be due a tax rebate for tax deducted while she was working - but I think she has to wait until after the end of the tax year before she can get it (others may correct me on that).littlewren said:
She's been told she won't be paying tax on her maternity allowance.silvercar said:The lower tax code will be applied to her maternity pay.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.1 -
Many thanks for your comments
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If she is being paid by her employer they should readjust her tax each time they pay her and if she has overpaid tax they will refund it each time they make a payment.
This would take into account the new tax code.0
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