Working from home tax rebate - who is claiming?

[Dougie]

Who has had their heating on 😲😲. I havent had mine on since Feb !

[Smilesonfaces]

Originally Posted by Col&Ali

There is a guide and explanation on Martin MSE. If you apply yourself through the tax office it is only worth what is said in previous post. If, however, your employer processes this via Payroll it is worth the whole £6 per person per week.

I queried this with the university I work for when we began to work from home in March and the answer was no. If we continue to work from home past September I will be raising this again ... the uni must be saving a fortune in electricity whilst we are all wah and as we go into the winter I think they should offer this benefit.

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Your employer would have to be willing to pay the difference for you to receive the full £6 pw allowance. If your employer doesn’t wish to pay then you will only get the tax relief.

[janeg88]

Initially I wasn't going to bother as I felt that the economy was in such a mess it could do without me claiming back a few pounds, however DH has been made redundant and our finances are not what they once were, so I am trying to find as many ways of finding a wee bit extra cash.

[Rebelrebel]

Originally Posted by Dougie

Who has had their heating on 😲😲. I havent had mine on since Feb !

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Talking about in late autumn and winter

[sully301]

I looked into it and it's only if you've been made to work from home and not chosen to. Not sure what mine was to be honest. We were advised where possible to work from home - is that choice?

[megaflyer]

Originally Posted by Rebelrebel

Talking about in late autumn and winter

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I doubt it will be valid then as the Govt want everyone to work from base rather home come August

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Rebelrebel

Talking about in late autumn and winter

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Working from home would be optional by then, if WFH is a choice then the tax deduction is not available.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by sully301

I looked into it and it's only if you've been made to work from home and not chosen to. Not sure what mine was to be honest. We were advised where possible to work from home - is that choice?

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Did your office close? DH’s building shut down so that was not choice.

[Bobbins]

Originally Posted by Smilesonfaces

Your employer would have to be willing to pay the difference for you to receive the full £6 pw allowance. If your employer doesn’t wish to pay then you will only get the tax relief.

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I’ve always been based at home and the normal drill is to claim this on expenses from employer - we do it twice a year. It was £4/wk before this April.

Employers can pay this amount tax free without any query from HMRC so you can’t have both a payment and claim a rebate.

What you can do is work out your actual costs inc share of the property etc if you use a dedicated room and claim tax relief from HMRC on that - some people claim £100’s per month - but it’s a can of worms and you could end up paying capital gains tax when you sell the house.

[Rebelrebel]

Originally Posted by megaflyer

I doubt it will be valid then as the Govt want everyone to work from base rather home come August

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True, guess I'm just being a worrying Mum