Claiming for an Online Subscription - missing invoices

[Big Blue Plymouth]

I took out a subscription to an Umbraco course on Umbraco.Com.

I only received 1 invoice and this was invoice for the original subscription for 19 Danish Crowns. This amount is then taken from my account each month for the following 10 months until I cancel subscription (fluctuating, of course, because of Fx Rate variations).

Yes, I should have downloaded the invoices before I cancelled because now I can't login to get the invoices.

In fact, it is possible that there were no other invoices, only the original one when the subscription was taken out.

Will this one be enough for my accounts so I can claim?

[northernladuk]

Yes.

[stek]

I took out a subscription to an Umbraco course on Umbraco.Com.

I only received 1 invoice and this was invoice for the original subscription for 19 Danish Crowns. This amount is then taken from my account each month for the following 10 months until I cancel subscription (fluctuating, of course, because of Fx Rate variations).

Yes, I should have downloaded the invoices before I cancelled because now I can't login to get the invoices.

In fact, it is possible that there were no other invoices, only the original one when the subscription was taken out.

Will this one be enough for my accounts so I can claim?

If it's not related to your current field of work you can't claim it at all...

[alloverit]

No harm in asking the company to supply you with the invoices.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Yes.

Thankyou.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

If it's not related to your current field of work you can't claim it at all...

In this case I am implementing a CMS solution for a customer so it is directly related.

BUT

What if I just want to add a new skill to my skillset?

I am a software developer so surely any new skill like Umbraco CMS, Azure, SharePoint or whatever is related to my current field of work as a software developer

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Please read old threads on training and whether you can claim it or not as it's been done to death. But most people would say so long as the new skill relates to your current job then it should generally be allowable. A new skill that does not relate to your existing business would not.

Regarding the invoices, unless you're reclaiming VAT and need a valid VAT invoice then you don't actually need an invoice, you just need some form of evidence of the costs incurred. Your bank transactions should be sufficient evidence so long as the payee is identifiable.

[northernladuk]

Thankyou.

But whether you are allowed to claim is a different issue.

It appears you've proved you can, but the question about adding a skillset then no you can't.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

most people would say so long as the new skill relates to your current job then it should generally be allowable.

But whether you are allowed to claim is a different issue.

It appears you've proved you can, but the question about adding a skillset then no you can't.

So these views contradict.

My current job is a director of a 1 person software consultancy. If I wish to learn e.g. SharePoint I don't see why I can't claim as it is directly related to my job.

Learning plumbing, yes I see that this shouldn't qualify.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Regarding the invoices, unless you're reclaiming VAT and need a valid VAT invoice then you don't actually need an invoice, you just need some form of evidence of the costs incurred. Your bank transactions should be sufficient evidence so long as the payee is identifiable.

I am on flat rate VAT so all the invoices I have backed up in triplicate over the years is a waste of time if the payee shows on my bank statement?

I wonder why my accountant wishes to see all my receipts before he signs on my company accounts?