Web domains and hosting as business expenses
Hello,
I've been maintaining serveral websites for a long time now (before having a LtdCo). Some of them are my personal portfolio/blog/CV and others are personal side-projects, or pet-projects.
All of them but one are being hosted with the same company, and for one (side-project) I have another different company that provides me more advanced VPS and cloud services, required only for this specific project.
Couple of months ago I created my LtdCo for my first contract, and so I registered 2 more domains for it. I did this with the same registrar I used to register all my other domains, and hosted them with the company that already hosts my other domains, because I can host up to 100, for the same price I'm already paying.
The question is, can I claim as a expense this hosting service, given it is hosting my company websites, but also some other websites that serve me as marketing and as a way to sell myself (as an individual) to prospective clients? Even if those websites could be considered kind of "personal" sites?
The same thing applies to the other company, providing VPS and cloud services for one of my pet-projects. This project is now a fundamental part of how I sell myself to prospective clients, even if it is not a site that I created for/with my company, as I've own and developed this site long time before having the company. Can I claim this VPS cost through my LtdCo?
So summarizing, I have 3 different expenses that I've been paying for a long time from my personal account and I would like to put them through my LtdCo, if possible:
1) web domains: for my LtdCo ones -2- (I already claim it as a expense, this is clear) but also (when it is time to renew) those related in some way to my work/portfolio/projects. NOT the unrelated ones.
2) hosting: I have a yearly plan, up to 100 domains. I added my LtdCo domains here. Most of the domains here are related somehow to my company or my work, or a way to sell me, but I recon there are at least 3 that could be considered totally unrelated.
3) VPS/cloud services: for the side-project that helps me sell myself as a professional, regardless it not being created for/with my company, as it was done long before, but now requires simple maintenance (obviously at least paying for the domain,hosting,cloud otherwise it would be dead).
I think it is a bit borderline so probably lots of different opinions.
Side note: would updating the WHOIS details for these domains, and adding a "© LtdCo" footnote in their sites make any difference?
Thank you.
I've been maintaining serveral websites for a long time now (before having a LtdCo). Some of them are my personal portfolio/blog/CV and others are personal side-projects, or pet-projects.
All of them but one are being hosted with the same company, and for one (side-project) I have another different company that provides me more advanced VPS and cloud services, required only for this specific project.
Couple of months ago I created my LtdCo for my first contract, and so I registered 2 more domains for it. I did this with the same registrar I used to register all my other domains, and hosted them with the company that already hosts my other domains, because I can host up to 100, for the same price I'm already paying.
The question is, can I claim as a expense this hosting service, given it is hosting my company websites, but also some other websites that serve me as marketing and as a way to sell myself (as an individual) to prospective clients? Even if those websites could be considered kind of "personal" sites?
The same thing applies to the other company, providing VPS and cloud services for one of my pet-projects. This project is now a fundamental part of how I sell myself to prospective clients, even if it is not a site that I created for/with my company, as I've own and developed this site long time before having the company. Can I claim this VPS cost through my LtdCo?
So summarizing, I have 3 different expenses that I've been paying for a long time from my personal account and I would like to put them through my LtdCo, if possible:
1) web domains: for my LtdCo ones -2- (I already claim it as a expense, this is clear) but also (when it is time to renew) those related in some way to my work/portfolio/projects. NOT the unrelated ones.
2) hosting: I have a yearly plan, up to 100 domains. I added my LtdCo domains here. Most of the domains here are related somehow to my company or my work, or a way to sell me, but I recon there are at least 3 that could be considered totally unrelated.
3) VPS/cloud services: for the side-project that helps me sell myself as a professional, regardless it not being created for/with my company, as it was done long before, but now requires simple maintenance (obviously at least paying for the domain,hosting,cloud otherwise it would be dead).
I think it is a bit borderline so probably lots of different opinions.
Side note: would updating the WHOIS details for these domains, and adding a "© LtdCo" footnote in their sites make any difference?
Thank you.
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