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Covid WFH tax relief - what happens once back to office?
jerry51
Posts: 3 Newbie
in Cutting tax
Hello,
I have applied to claim the tax relief for WFH as I am still required to do so by my employer. This will happen at least until June 2021, and probably we won't be fully back until September. I know I am eligible at the moment, but what happens once we're fully back to the office? I could not find a way to specify when did I would stop working from home, the form just said I was claiming for the full tax year.
I am worried something may happen, as I would have worked from home for only 3-5 months of the full year. Is there any way to claim only for the days I've actually worked from home?
Is anyone having similar doubts? Or answers to this? :-)
I have applied to claim the tax relief for WFH as I am still required to do so by my employer. This will happen at least until June 2021, and probably we won't be fully back until September. I know I am eligible at the moment, but what happens once we're fully back to the office? I could not find a way to specify when did I would stop working from home, the form just said I was claiming for the full tax year.
I am worried something may happen, as I would have worked from home for only 3-5 months of the full year. Is there any way to claim only for the days I've actually worked from home?
Is anyone having similar doubts? Or answers to this? :-)
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If it’s applicable for just one day you can claim the allowance for the whole year. Nothing for you to worry about therefore.1
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Many thanks for the reply! So if I have worked from home for a single day of the whole tax year I am entitled to a ~£60 tax relief on expenses? The heating for that single day must be damn expensive then![Deleted User] said:If it’s applicable for just one day you can claim the allowance for the whole year. Nothing for you to worry about therefore.
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Yes - I imagine that, when the legislation came out, HMRC did not want to be apportioning claims for days, weeks or months and decided on the all or nothing approach.jerry51 said:
Many thanks for the reply! So if I have worked from home for a single day of the whole tax year I am entitled to a ~£60 tax relief on expenses? The heating for that single day must be damn expensive then![Deleted User] said:If it’s applicable for just one day you can claim the allowance for the whole year. Nothing for you to worry about therefore.1 -
Thank you very much @purdpurdyoaten2! Do you know if there any official document indicating one day is enough? I found some online articles but nothing official.0
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This is the nearest you will get:
https://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2020/04/martin-lewis--working-from-home-due-to-coronavirus--claim-p6-wk-/
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