The cost of trainer is an allowable expense for tax purposes or not?

[d000hg]

Yes he does. Anyway, you can claim the trainer.

But only the one, not both.

[Old Greg]

But only the one, not both.

HMRC will be hopping mad.

[kal]

HMRC will be hopping mad.

Which means that they will be working up more of a sweat than the average PT I've seen in the gym, most of the time they are just hovering around you checking you are not about to get a hernia lifting some weights or stood next to the running-machine/X-trainer/bike they have put you on pressing buttons, hardly exerting activity

[northernladuk]

But only the one, not both.

HMRC will be hopping mad.

Comedy genius both of you!

[d000hg]

Which means that they will be working up more of a sweat than the average PT I've seen in the gym, most of the time they are just hovering around you checking you are not about to get a hernia lifting some weights or stood next to the running-machine/X-trainer/bike they have put you on pressing buttons, hardly exerting activity

You're not paying them to do their own workout on your time.

[northernladuk]

Which means that they will be working up more of a sweat than the average PT I've seen in the gym, most of the time they are just hovering around you checking you are not about to get a hernia lifting some weights or stood next to the running-machine/X-trainer/bike they have put you on pressing buttons, hardly exerting activity

Now this is my thinking.. The guy at our local gym wears deck shoes and not even trainers so I think for your average PT this idea of high end trainers swapping then every 3 months and having different pairs is just not the case.

Thing is though, as interesting as it is discussing the theory to this level of detail/reality is great on the forum at the end of the day I think an inspection could go two ways. He will either make his own mind up so could go either way for the OP, or he will just sign it off as he has better things to do than argue over a 20 quid tax issue. From the stories I have heard from HMIT it could easily be either of those two..... so we are back to the risk again.

[northernladuk]

You're not paying them to do their own workout on your time.

Indeed but their own workout is personal time so duality and BiK pops up again. Boy this turned out to be an interesting one

[kal]

You're not paying them to do their own workout on your time.

Precisely my point, when they are in need of those expensive trainers is when they are doing their own workout = duality = can't claim for those expensive pair of Nike Airs (or whatever the current top brand is these days!)

[d000hg]

To me a personal trainer is someone who meets you outside the gym to go for a run and makes you do exercise, rather than a gym monkey.

[Moscow Mule]

So doogie's right - just claim for one, assuming 50-50 split