WFH Allowance

Walaboobah

Hi all,

A quick question that I cannot find an answer to online.

How long has the WFH tax relief allowance, that I claimed last year when submitting my tax return and which I will do the same this year too, been around?

I know you have always been able to claim a certain percentage for heating, lighting etc when WFH but how long has the flat rate been around or was it a new thing set up due to the pandemic?

If it has been around for a while, is it possible to backdate it?

TIA

Walaboobah

Apologies, I have found a thread already discussing this

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6249274/backdating-working-from-home-allowance

Jeremy535897

It started from 6 April 2012, at £4 a week up to and including 2019/20. You can go back 4 years.

See https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees

Dazed_and_C0nfused

Since at least 2011:12.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-income-manual/eim32815

If you have a valid claim (rules much stricter than they are for Covid-19 claims) then you can currently claim an additional 2 years, 2017:18 and 2018:19.

If you completed Self Assessment returns for those the time limit for amending them has passed so you would have to make overpayment relief claims.

https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/corrections