£2 Heating/lighting allowance?

vangirl_2

Hello Everyone,

Im self employed and have heard a couple of times that you can claim £2 a week against your heating/lighting if you do some of your work from home. I cant find any info on this on HMRC website. Could you please tell me if they do class this as an expense and would i have to save all my fuel bills will my tax stuff? Also if this is the case do you just add it to your admin expenses on tax form.

Thanks for your help. Im sorry if this question has been asked before but i couldnnt find it.

Bean_Counter

Hi,

Good news - it's up to a massive £3 a week from this tax year.

Link to HMRC website.

robert_harper_2000

My gf has been working from home since Nov 2006 can I write to the Tax office with that above link printed out and get just over £100?

Ahem... she'll get just over £100

ashcarrot

Yeah i currently get £60 for union agreed expenses (I dont even have a union) so i assume thats linked to this, could this be something I phone up the tax office and have a mended to my tax code so i get an extra 150 allowance to the code?

SwanseaJack_3

How does one claim for this? Can it be done via the P87 under "Other Expenses"?

fengirl_2

You just write a letter. But don't forget that your contract of employment must state that you are required to work from home. This allowance is not given if you just work from home for convenience.

vangirl_2

Thanks for the link but i dont think this will apply to me as im self employed. This only appears to be for employed people.

Pennywise

There are more generous rules for self employed - have a look at HMRC's own published examples on the following link:-

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/bimmanual/BIM47825.htm

You'll see that you can claim a proportion of your home running costs, the proportion depending upon the space used and time spent.

Probably quite a complicated sum to do, but maybe well worth the effort.

vangirl_2

Brilliant! Thats just what i wanted. Thank you

robert_harper_2000

I'll keep you posted ... awaiting the reply