jobhunt expenses before company setup

**northernladuk** · 13 August 2013, 16:05

One of your first steps when setting your company up will be to get an accountant who will be the best first point to ask this question and many others about your company. They will be able to give you the best guidance based on your individual circumstances.

You can claim interview expenses to attend an interview with a client but I think you are going to be very hard pushed to claim 'Came to London to look for work'. If you can then I am going to go looking for work in Vegas at the end of this gig.

**nelly84** · 13 August 2013, 16:21

ok , thanks for reply - for what its worth - it is the truth... I have many emails to back up all the interviews ive been doing for jobs I didn't get over last couple months.. ....cant look from abroad - its impossible

**Purple Accounts** · 13 August 2013, 16:57

Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

One of your first steps when setting your company up will be to get an accountant who will be the best first point to ask this question and many others about your company. They will be able to give you the best guidance based on your individual circumstances.

You can claim interview expenses to attend an interview with a client but I think you are going to be very hard pushed to claim 'Came to London to look for work'. If you can then I am going to go looking for work in Vegas at the end of this gig.

Hello,
As a general rule, expenses which are incurred in the performance of your work are tax deductible. Those which are incurred otherwise are not allowable.

**northernladuk** · 13 August 2013, 19:02

Originally posted by nelly84 View Post

ok , thanks for reply - for what its worth - it is the truth... I have many emails to back up all the interviews ive been doing for jobs I didn't get over last couple months.. ....cant look from abroad - its impossible

Researching this back through the history on here I would argue that. Many people on here have asked the question about interview costs for overseas roles and in most cases the client has stumped it up and in a few cases the contractor has swallowed the cost.

What you did is moved country to look for work, not attended interviews to try secure a gig. There is a huge difference. How can staying in a hotel for a week while you apply for jobs be wholly and and exclusively?

**nelly84** · 13 August 2013, 19:34

I was involved in a very drawn out interview process ..... 13 interviews over 2 months for one role ... was never quite sure when the next one would be so financially made more sense to stay in a budget hotel in London rather then flying repeatedly too and from france.. esp as even on budget airlines last minute flights can be extortionate... suffice to say I didn't get that role ... I got another one where again there were multiple interviews over multiple weeks... ill update this link later with what the accountant says

**northernladuk** · 13 August 2013, 19:46

Originally posted by nelly84 View Post

I was involved in a very drawn out interview process ..... 13 interviews over 2 months for one role ... was never quite sure when the next one would be so financially made more sense to stay in a budget hotel in London rather then flying repeatedly too and from france.. esp as even on budget airlines last minute flights can be extortionate... suffice to say I didn't get that role ... I got another one where again there were multiple interviews over multiple weeks... ill update this link later with what the accountant says

13 interviews for a role??? You have got to be kidding me. Staying in London for 2 months while you interview that many times for a role doesn't make sense to anyone.

Still doesn't change anything, you are living in London while looking for work... not carrying out the duties of your company.

**nelly84** · 13 August 2013, 20:39

no , not kidding & not unexpected .. I was lucky to be asked to interview. If I had gotten the role it would have been worth it

... as it turned out I got something almost as good .. just took some time to get there

**DigitalUser** · 13 August 2013, 22:38

Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

13 interviews for a role??? You have got to be kidding me. Staying in London for 2 months while you interview that many times for a role doesn't make sense to anyone.

Still doesn't change anything, you are living in London while looking for work... not carrying out the duties of your company.

The interview process for an IB is typically this long, but only for permanent roles.

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**LisaContractorUmbrella** · 14 August 2013, 07:12

WNLUKS

I don't believe that the costs you have incurred whilst looking for a contract could be expensed. You would be able to if you had come to the UK specifically for an interview but not for the costs of living in London whilst looking for work

jobhunt expenses before company setup