2 years in one contract questions

[Mordac]

I disagree. I've just signed an extension which for sure will take me beyond
the 2 years, but of course it could be terminated at any time, so I don't
*know* that the job will be more than 2 years until 2 weeks (ie the notice
period) beforehand, therfore I'll be carrying on claiming as usual.

Then start saving up for when Hector wants his interest and penalties. You could of course request that the contract end date falls before the 24 month deadline, but only an intelligent person would think of something like that.

[tim123]

Do let us know how it goes down with the Revenue. They don't use the word "know", they use the phrase "reasonable expectation concerning how long an employee will work at a place".

And one of their examples actually contains this scenario.

It says that you are not eligable to claim the expenses as soon as you are
given the contract that will take you over 24 months and that you again become eligable to claim if it is shortened to a period less than 24 months at some later point (only from that point on).