Reply to: Rented Accommodation - Expenses For Utilities & Incidentals

[SueEllen]

thx for all the responses.

Yes its just the tax . i knew that
As I am working 24 days on without a day off , I can't go back home and get the bedding .

Are you seriously telling me you have only 2 sets of bedding?

But as I am working this much , I really ought to shut the fugg up and go spend some on new satin sheets!

Get the old ones from home to use in your lodgings and get the new luxury ones for home, so when you are at home you enjoy your bed more.

Or alternatively if your home ones are nice, visit one of the many large supermarkets and buy stuff for your lodgings as they always have sales. However don't go for the cheapest stuff. You can then chuck away when your contract ends if it has fallen apart.

thx sockpuppet , very interesting reading. left means confused as before.

Ask your accountant what they advise.

[Wanderer]

Yes its just the tax . i knew that

Either:

1. Ask your accountant what they are comfortable with you claiming for

OR

2. Keep receipts for absolutely everything and then when it comes to doing the end of year accounts, ask the accountant to go though it all and tell you what you can claim and what you can't.

If you don't have receipts then you pretty much can't claim it (unless you are an MP).

[rnsuk]

thx for all the responses.

Yes its just the tax . i knew that
As I am working 24 days on without a day off , I can't go back home and get the bedding .
But as I am working this much , I really ought to shut the fugg up and go spend some on new satin sheets!

thx sockpuppet , very interesting reading. left means confused as before.

[Sockpuppet]

Im in a similar situation and I have searched , I've even asked my online accounmtatn but not sure they have have everything correct.

I am about to take a room in london as I am working here for 4 months.
I know I can claim for the room ( it will be in my ltd co name) .
I know I can't claim for a telly or lunches or dinner.
However I cannot work out if I can still claim incidentals like ... washing powder , new bedding , towewls etc or the £5 incidentals ( no reciepts required )

I have searched and just now looked at the nixon qwilliams site too.

Is anyonw doing similar and what are you claiming?
help appreciated.
Jay

Your a contractor not an MP

[SueEllen]

However I cannot work out if I can still claim incidentals like ... washing powder , new bedding , towewls etc or the £5 incidentals ( no reciepts required )

So you are stating that you cannot:
1. Take your clothing home at the weekend to wash it, or take washing powder from home?
2. Take old bedding and towels from home? (And then buy new ones for your home)

[xoggoth]

Have you checked:

HM Revenue & Customs: Expenses and benefits A to Z
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/guidance/480_appendix7.pdf
Travel expenses: general: introduction

Note some things even accountants don't agree on:

Accommodation and Subsistence

PS Wholly and exclusively does not apply to travel and subsistence

[northernladuk]

Im in a similar situation and I have searched , I've even asked my online accounmtatn but not sure they have have everything correct.

I am about to take a room in london as I am working here for 4 months.
I know I can claim for the room ( it will be in my ltd co name) .
I know I can't claim for a telly or lunches or dinner.
However I cannot work out if I can still claim incidentals like ... washing powder , new bedding , towewls etc or the £5 incidentals ( no reciepts required )

I have searched and just now looked at the nixon qwilliams site too.

Is anyonw doing similar and what are you claiming?
help appreciated.
Jay

No you can't. It does not meet wholly and exclusively for work rule of thumb. It is needed to live. You are away granted but you don't wash just your work clothes yadda yadda.....

And why piss about with ridiculous things like that? You only save the tax on it which I have already pointed out.

[rnsuk]

Im in a similar situation and I have searched , I've even asked my online accounmtatn but not sure they have have everything correct.

I am about to take a room in london as I am working here for 4 months.
I know I can claim for the room ( it will be in my ltd co name) .
I know I can't claim for a telly or lunches or dinner.
However I cannot work out if I can still claim incidentals like ... washing powder , new bedding , towewls etc or the £5 incidentals ( no reciepts required )

I have searched and just now looked at the nixon qwilliams site too.

Is anyonw doing similar and what are you claiming?
help appreciated.
Jay

[Sausage Surprise]

As you can't be arsed just click here

[northernladuk]

And remember, it is still coming out of your pocket in the long run. All you are saving is the tax.

[malvolio]

So.... the same could be said for electricity to light the rented accommodation or to run my radio !

Yes it could. Ditto food and clothing. The £5 covers the odd coffees and papers, that's what it's for. Strictly speaking (which, sadly, is how Hector looks at such things) only the rent and your evening meal is a business expense.

But hey, if you don't like the asnwers, don't ask questions.

[stek]

So.... the same could be said for electricity to light the rented accommodation or to run my radio !

Have they got those in Burnley?

[claretfan]

So.... the same could be said for electricity to light the rented accommodation or to run my radio !

[malvolio]

Thanks - I've done lots of searches, but there are lots of contradicting advice. Just looking for a definitive answer (if one exists).

Any additional utilities, e.g. broadband and sky etc will be in additional to my main residence, which remains the family home

There is a definitive answer, it's been stated many times. Put it this way; do you have to watch television as part of your business?

[claretfan]

Thanks - I've done lots of searches, but there are lots of contradicting advice. Just looking for a definitive answer (if one exists).

Any additional utilities, e.g. broadband and sky etc will be in additional to my main residence, which remains the family home