Working From Home Tax Relief Date From

MattMattMattUK

zzzt said:

MattMattMattUK said:

What is your current code and what did the letter say your tax code has changed to? You have not lost out though, having claimed the allowance HMRC will balance anything at the end of the tax year which needs balancing. Also to remember, in case you are not aware, the amount is the tax relief on £6.00 pw, so £1.20 per week for a basic rate taxpayer is the amount you will pay less in tax. 

In the letter from HMR&C it says my tax code changed from 1239L to 1272L. However, on all of my payslips it says 1250L. I suppose I'll just wait for it to sort itself out in April.

1250L is the standard, the change to 1272L could well reflect the correct change, however if your employer has not updated your code from the coding notice in their payroll system it will not make any difference to what you get monthly. The most you would get over the whole year (based on you being a basic rate taxpayer) is £62.40 so it will not make a huge difference, you might well get that all in a lump, either in a payroll adjustment (but it looks like your employer is ignoring those) at year end, or in a cheque from HMRC after the end of the financial year. 

unholyangel

Beduffshirl said:

I notified them when I started working from home and I haven't told them I'm not working from home. When I stop working from home I will tell them and that is when my tax code should change back.

HMRC relaxed their criteria for claiming WFH expenses due to covid. They haven't indicated whether they'll be doing the same for the next tax year.

Cazl67

I would like to add a question to this thread also.
I completed the micro service application and received my new tax code which my employer is now using.  What I wanted to know is can I apply also do a SA if I have all my bills and can see the differences in gas/electric for the previous years.  On average because of lockdown I was paying between £8-12 more per month. 

MattMattMattUK

Cazl67 said:

I would like to add a question to this thread also.
I completed the micro service application and received my new tax code which my employer is now using.  What I wanted to know is can I apply also do a SA if I have all my bills and can see the differences in gas/electric for the previous years.  On average because of lockdown I was paying between £8-12 more per month. 

You can not recover these costs via a self-assessment and it would be unlikely that an increase in your energy bills would on it's own be enough to demonstrate that you the cost was solely down to working from home. Also you have been given tax relief on £6 pw, which is equivalent to £26 a month, the fact that your bills might have gone up by less than half that amount would also mean that even if you could prove that those costs were entirely work related, you still could not claim. 

unholyangel

Cazl67 said:

I would like to add a question to this thread also.
I completed the micro service application and received my new tax code which my employer is now using.  What I wanted to know is can I apply also do a SA if I have all my bills and can see the differences in gas/electric for the previous years.  On average because of lockdown I was paying between £8-12 more per month. 

Was the whole £8-12 incurred performing the duties of your employment though? Or is there private purpose for some of it (making cups of tea/lunch perhaps)?

sheramber

How  much have you saved by not going on to work?
No buying a coffee    no buying lunch, no travelling costs?
 

Tammykitty

sheramber said:

How  much have you saved by not going on to work?
No buying a coffee    no buying lunch, no travelling costs?
 

Thats irrelavent to if you are allowed to claim

Caz - you have 2 options to claim work from home tax relief - the easy option of £6 a week or you can claim the actual cost
As per HMRC

How much you can claim

You can either claim tax relief on:

• £6 a week from 6 April 2020 (for previous tax years the rate is £4 a week) - you will not need to keep evidence of your extra costs
• the exact amount of extra costs you’ve incurred above the weekly amount - you’ll need evidence such as receipts, bills or contracts

In your case, you are claiming that WFH costs you £8 to £12 a month - this is much less than the £6 a week you can claim the "easy" way. 

superbigal

The claim is for a whole tax year.  It does not auto renew like some insurance policy.  Early April log back in and apply again.

MattMattMattUK

@superbigal
Random and totally unconnected question and if you do not want to answer I understand, but it is one of those words that is bugging me when I read it as I do not know which.
SuperBiGal
or
SuperBigAl

unholyangel

superbigal said:

The claim is for a whole tax year.  It does not auto renew like some insurance policy.  Early April log back in and apply again.

HMRC haven't yet annouced whether they will be allowing people to claim due to covid in 21-22, much less whether they will be allowing people to claim for the full year. 

Under normal tax rules, WFH due to covid wouldn't qualify for relief.