Self employed training allowable for tax

[malvolio]

I'll go back to my original comment, and drop this here:

The situation as regards tax relief for training paid for by employers is very different. By and large, any training which makes their employees better able to do their jobs (and this includes very general sorts of training which may not have an immediate impact on their ability to do the work) will be allowable.

https://www.conscious.co.uk/site/lib...eductible.html

The quoted article fully supports my position, so I don't see your point.

And lets remember, we're not self-employed, but employees.

Wrong. We're office holders and service providers

[Maslins]

I'll go back to my original comment, and drop this here:

The situation as regards tax relief for training paid for by employers is very different. By and large, any training which makes their employees better able to do their jobs (and this includes very general sorts of training which may not have an immediate impact on their ability to do the work) will be allowable.

https://www.conscious.co.uk/site/lib...eductible.html

And lets remember, we're not self-employed, but employees.

Yes, but...

For businesses where the employee receiving the training isn't the owner, those in charge of the biz are only likely to agree to put the person on that course where it is wholly and exclusively for the benefit of the trade.

For businesses where the employee is the owner, the above won't always be the case. Eg you might want to learn to play the guitar/cook/salsa dance (or perhaps less extreme examples). It's got nothing to do with your business, no business benefit, but you might be inclined to try to "blag it" through the business.

Even in my own business, I feel far more comfortable claiming for a staff member going on a certain course, even if it's fairly clearly a "new skill", than I do for myself. I wouldn't pay for the staff member to do it unless it was for the benefit of the business. I might for myself.

[TheFaQQer]

Even in my own business, I feel far more comfortable claiming for a staff member going on a certain course, even if it's fairly clearly a "new skill", than I do for myself. I wouldn't pay for the staff member to do it unless it was for the benefit of the business. I might for myself.

You should ask your accountant what they think

[gaff]

I'll go back to my original comment, and drop this here:

The situation as regards tax relief for training paid for by employers is very different. By and large, any training which makes their employees better able to do their jobs (and this includes very general sorts of training which may not have an immediate impact on their ability to do the work) will be allowable.

https://www.conscious.co.uk/site/lib...eductible.html

And lets remember, we're not self-employed, but employees.

But I am self-employed, does that mean I can't make the tax claim?

[TheFaQQer]

But I am self-employed, does that mean I can't make the tax claim?

Are you learning a new skill? If so, then you can't.

Are you updating or re-certifying an existing skill? If so, then you can.

[Lost It]

Are you learning a new skill? If so, then you can't.

Are you updating or re-certifying an existing skill? If so, then you can.

That's about as clear as it can be. So my "tickets" that I need to do my job are claimable. Shame I can't back date it. I thought it was a "you have to have this therefore it's not an expense" situation.

[piebaps]

FaQQer has neatly summed it up IMHO.

Generally the acquisition of new knowledge is not allowable while the updating of existing knowledge is.

[Andrew@Wisteria]

FaQQer has neatly summed it up IMHO.

Generally the acquisition of new knowledge is not allowable while the updating of existing knowledge is.

Exactly.