Working from home tax relief claim - self employed and employed 7 April at 11:47PM in Coronavirus Support and Help 3 replies 202 views

josephibbs93

Hello!

I am both employed and self employed.  Am I able to claim the £6/week tax relief for working from home for my employment, as well as the standard £10/month ‘use of home office’ expense for being self employed?

I have been required to work from home extensively under my employment, and have also needed to use my own home for clerical purposes for my self employment.

Kind regards,


Joe

Jeremy535897

You would have to work as self employed from your home for 25 hours a week to claim the £10 a month allowance. See:
https://www.gov.uk/simpler-income-tax-simplified-expenses/working-from-home

If you do your self employed work away from your home, except for writing up books and paying bills, you are unlikely to hit the threshold of hours.

josephibbs93

Jeremy535897 said:

You would have to work as self employed from your home for 25 hours a week to claim the £10 a month allowance. See:
https://www.gov.uk/simpler-income-tax-simplified-expenses/working-from-home

If you do your self employed work away from your home, except for writing up books and paying bills, you are unlikely to hit the threshold of hours.

From the link you sent, it’s 25 hours a month to claim £10/month.  I can easily hit that, especially as I am a music instructor who has been delivering lessons online for the majority of the 2020/21 tax year.

My question was more regarding claiming both for working at home being self employed, and employed.

Jeremy535897

There is nothing that says you cannot.