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or - if you are working in Southern Ireland - as four of my clients are - the cost of self catering is greatly in excess of over here particularly as the exchange rate is so bad ... it really is looking at each case on its merits
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On the other hand if alone and buying small quantities, esp. if can't cook and living on microwave meals, you are arguably spending more than you would at home with a family with a missus who can.
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We eat in order to live not in order to work but if the duties of your employment dicate that you spend more than would otherwise have been the case then the extra is allowable, BUT, calculating the amount of extra expense is unworkable in practice so where it can be demonstrated that extra has been spent HMRC will allow the full amount of the expenditure - provided it is not unduly lavish.
Scale charges are where an employer makes a payment to an employee .. are you self employed, working through your own Company or working through a brolly???
Bob
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Thanks for your replies folks. I looked up the scale rates, and details of the scheme can be found here:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/employers/emp...cale-rates.htm
However you will need to get a dispensation from HMRC before you can use them I think.
The rates themselves for individual cities are given here:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/employers/wwsr-apr09.pdf
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Originally posted by Torrango View PostSo is the key criteria here the availability of facilities for cooking in the accomodation (and equiv cost supermarkets)? For example I've often stayed in hotels (esp in the US) which have a small kitchen annex in the room, although I've never bothered using them except maybe to store stuff in the fridge.
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So is the key criteria here the availability of facilities for cooking in the accomodation (and equiv cost supermarkets)? For example I've often stayed in hotels (esp in the US) which have a small kitchen annex in the room, although I've never bothered using them except maybe to store stuff in the fridge.
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If there is no additional cost to you ie. you buy your food from a supermarket, at no greater cost than it would be at home then it cannot be claimed as an expense. If you are going to claim tax relief on an expense it has to be proved that there is a cost to you and that cost has been caused wholly and exclusively by the job that you do.
HTH
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The IR do allow the use of scale rate expenses when abroad (and also now in the UK I beleive). Search on HMRC using "scale rates".
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Originally posted by Torrango View PostSo I'm currently on a contract overseas, and after initially staying in a hotel, am now renting an apartment. Previously I claimed all hotel costs and all food costs (restaurants/supermarket) as expenses against tax. Now that I'm in an apartment with a kitchen, can I still claim food expenses given that they would be no different to if I were at home?
As an alternative, do the IR allow you to claim just a flat rate allowance for being away from home?
Secondly, if your circumstances have changed in terms of your accommodation, speak to your accountant who will be able to advise you what you can and cannot claim from your business expense.
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Food expenses whilst abroad
So I'm currently on a contract overseas, and after initially staying in a hotel, am now renting an apartment. Previously I claimed all hotel costs and all food costs (restaurants/supermarket) as expenses against tax. Now that I'm in an apartment with a kitchen, can I still claim food expenses given that they would be no different to if I were at home?
As an alternative, do the IR allow you to claim just a flat rate allowance for being away from home?Tags: None
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