4th May 2012, 02:08 PM
Wax Wrote:However as Kevin says you need to complete a self assesment tax form which is not as daunting as one might think as they are on line. You also need to keep scruplous records including reciepts. The rule with the tax man is to be honest and you might be surprised at the help they will give you.
When I worked more or less permanently in the UK I claimed for clothing, laundry, travel, some books, tools, and some capital expenses (computer, camera etc) all as an employed rather than self-employed person. HMRC does not allow for initial expenditure for many of these items, but does allow for cost of replacement and maintenance.....The daftest tax officer I ever got was concerned at my expenditure on laundry and carried out an especially in depth assessment of my claim one year. For that I was required to take photgraphs of the laundrette I used and its displayed price list as this was the only item for which I didn't have receipts. I guess on average I could claim expenses of about ?600 per year of which I got roughly 20-25 percent back as a rebate...that was also the year I turned up in Glasgow to meet him face to face (to his surprise) cos the Museum of London tax affairs at that time were dealt with by the Glasgow IR office....well I was passing.
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