Claiming an e-book reader such as an Amazon Kindle on expenses

[blacjac]

Similarly a few years ago I wanted to claim for a satnav since I was travelling around a lot with work but my accountant (SJD) told me I couldn't because it had duality of purpose. I can imagine she'd have said the same about this.

A few years ago my last accountant told me a sat nav would be fine to put through the books a amy plan B included a lot of visiting prospects.

Having said that, he is now in jail......

[Scoobos]

lol, hes not the geezer who gave punters his own Bank account details instead of inland revenue is he?

[JamJarST]

And all this risk and worry over something that is clearly duality of purpose and has nothing to do with computer use (which is now accepted as are smartphones) for the tax saving on £80..... Go for it

I have to agree with you here NLUK, that is a level of tax avoidance too far for me.

[Scoobos]

I have to agree with you here NLUK, that is a level of tax avoidance too far for me.

Same, "Ive given too much rep to NLUK" .... I know he loves it.

For me, this is taking the micky - I always use the "wholly, necessarily, exclusively" outlook - sure I might not be able to get that 20% off my TomTom, boo hoo.

[Wanderer]

So there you have it - two points of view. Take your pick.

[DS23]

do it. just do it. by the time anyone checks (if anyone checks) it will be old, dead and gone anyway.

[SueEllen]

do it. just do it. by the time anyone checks (if anyone checks) it will be old, dead and gone anyway.

I agree with you there.

They no longer sell the version of the Kindle I have and it's just over a year old.

If you do enough travelling and use enough reference books to warrant your business buying a kindle as it's cheaper than paying for excess baggage for heavy books or stops your employees damaging their backs, then buy one.

The Kindle is targeted at the recreational market because it is more profitable. It's taken a while for academic/professional subject-area publishers to realise lots of people are happy to/prefer reading text books on e-readers.

After all Blackberry was targeted at the business market but the youth found it a good way to pass messages about causing destruction.

And as I stated before there is nothing stopping anyone using their smartphone to read novels, even if it is your business smartphone, if you wish to keep things separate.

[northernladuk]

do it. just do it. by the time anyone checks (if anyone checks) it will be old, dead and gone anyway.

But if you do it, try understanding what is acceptable and what you might get away with for next time you want to ask.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

I have a chap working for me who is an ex HMRC inspector and his opinion is that a Kindle (or similar) could not be legitimately claimed as an expense

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I have a chap working for me who is an ex HMRC inspector and his opinion is that a Kindle (or similar) could not be legitimately claimed as an expense

An umbrella company has to be a lot more thorough than your typical limited company when deciding what is and isn't claim able. I do think trying to claim for an £80 item mainly used for reading fiction is pushing the boundaries for the sake of it however.