Working from home? Claim tax back on additional home expenses.

14/05/2020

If your employer requires you to work at home, you can claim for increased costs due to working from home, eg, heating & electricity.

Clearly, right now millions are required to work at home so this applies.

In practice, apportioning the cost is tough, so instead from Monday 6^th April 2020 (the new tax year), you can opt for an allowed £6/week flat rate (it's currently £4/week).

This works one of two ways: - Employers can pay you the £6/week extra, free of tax. Yet right now, with many firms struggling, asking may be bad timing, so... - If not, you can claim tax relief on £6 of income, which for basic 20% taxpayers is £1.20/week (c. £60/year), and 40% taxpayers £2.40/week (c. £120/year). With talk of working from home lasting up to 6mths, this is worth knowing. You claim it via self-assessment or a P87 form - full help's in claim tax back for working at home.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2020/03/uk-coronavirus-help-and-your-rights/