Moving/Doing Up Home Office, Expenses Questions

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

No it doesn't. I have been informed by my accountant that a personal contract can be claimed as an expense and as a business phone.

HMRC will never split business and personal use on someone's phone bills when most contracts are all inclusive of minutes and rentals are low was the rationale.

You've been misinformed. The rules are very clear. YourCo paying for your personal mobile phone contract is a BIK. Is not about splitting business and personal use, it's about the company paying off a director's personal liability.

If you want YourCo to pay for your mobile phone contract the contract has to be in the company name. Otherwise YourCo can still pay for the cost of the handset and you can also reclaim the cost of individual business calls.

[northernladuk]

Which will be nil nowadays due to the all inclusive/free minutes nature of phone contracts surely?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Which will be nil nowadays due to the all inclusive/free minutes nature of phone contracts surely?

Normally, yes. You need an itemised cost to claim the call charge.

[eek]

Which will be nil nowadays due to the all inclusive/free minutes nature of phone contracts surely?

not when you intentionally call Germany to prove a point once in a while.....