Working from home in the 2021/2022 year after claiming in the 2020/2021 year

w00519773 · 3 May 2021 at 7:35PM

I have worked from home every day since March 2020 due to Covid-19. I claimed for working from home tax relief (£6 per week) a few months ago for the 2020/2021 year: https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/working-at-home. I have never worked from home prior to this since I started working after graduating from university in 2003.

Is there anything I need to do for the 2021/2022 year? I believe the answer is no based on the quote from this link (however I want to be sure): https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2020/04/employed-help-coronavirus-furlough/#wfh:

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Elvie100 · 3 May 2021 at 8:21PM

Yes, you need to claim again for this year if still working from home. The backdating part is if you were claiming now for the first time.

w00519773 · 5 May 2021 at 8:11AM

I guess I can claim now for 2021/22 as I have worked at home since March 2020 and have therefore worked at least one day at home in the 2020/21 year. Is that correct? The reason I ask is because we don't know what the future holds. If the situation improves then we may be working from the office again - we don't know.