Damaged property working from home

GrumpyDil

I do have a certain sympathy about increased costs as e.g my additional heating costs far outweigh any savings on commuting as I only live four miles from my office.
That said OP at least you still have a job as I do have a number of friends who have been made redundant/ so are far worse off financially now than before Covid reared it's ugly head. 

Oh_No

GrumpyDil said:

I do have a certain sympathy about increased costs as e.g my additional heating costs far outweigh any savings on commuting as I only live four miles from my office.
That said OP at least you still have a job as I do have a number of friends who have been made redundant/ so are far worse off financially now than before Covid reared it's ugly head. 

I don't in this case. I bought a desk chair mat.

Grumpy_chap

Aylesbury_Duck said:

MarkN88 said:

I’ve heard it all now! 

Indeed! 

I've had to buy a new bulb for my dining room lamp because I've used it so much more than usual for the last several months, working from home.  To whom do I send the bill?

If you send it to me, I'll reply with a suitably dismissive but humourous retort.

PixelPound

GrumpyDil said:

I do have a certain sympathy about increased costs as e.g my additional heating costs far outweigh any savings on commuting as I only live four miles from my office.
That said OP at least you still have a job as I do have a number of friends who have been made redundant/ so are far worse off financially now than before Covid reared it's ugly head. 

Well claim expenses. You can claim more than the £6 as well if you can show your costs are more.

To OP you don't get £6pw from HMRC, you can just claim the tax back on £6pw which is £1.20, but if you are not paying tax, can still claim £6pw from employer, or higher if you can prove it.

Jeremy535897

Aylesbury_Duck said:

MarkN88 said:

I’ve heard it all now! 

Indeed! 

I've had to buy a new bulb for my dining room lamp because I've used it so much more than usual for the last several months, working from home.  To whom do I send the bill?

They say those LED bulbs are supposed to last 10,000 hours (stop laughing in the back there), so you must have been working ever so hard...

JamoLew

The other option of course is to go back into the workplace

(based of some assumptions)

MattMattMattUK

nic_c said:

To OP you don't get £6pw from HMRC, you can just claim the tax back on £6pw which is £1.20, but if you are not paying tax, can still claim £6pw from employer, or higher if you can prove it.

You can only claim from your employer if they agree to it, if they do not then you can not.

sheramber

nic_c said:

GrumpyDil said:

I do have a certain sympathy about increased costs as e.g my additional heating costs far outweigh any savings on commuting as I only live four miles from my office.
That said OP at least you still have a job as I do have a number of friends who have been made redundant/ so are far worse off financially now than before Covid reared it's ugly head. 

Well claim expenses. You can claim more than the £6 as well if you can show your costs are more.

To OP you don't get £6pw from HMRC, you can just claim the tax back on £6pw which is £1.20, but if you are not paying tax, can still claim £6pw from employer, or higher if you can prove it.

And no compulsion on the employer to pay it

od244051

You must have saved money from not eating out, going to tourist attractions, clothes and other non essential shopping. 

The other day, customer was moaning about her energy DD will be increased. I said you have probably spent less (or even nothing) on the above things. 

strawb_shortcake

Compared to the same time last year my electric bill increased by £38 for the quarter October to January. We have had 3 children for some of that time but did have more Christmas lights than normal too, so I'm not convinced on these massive hikes in electricity bills