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My Daughter, who has currently moved back in with us after deferring her place at University is using one of my rooms as an office to work from home. This has been the case since June, she is working for a utilities company and it is shift based. My question is this-Is it possible for me to claim anything for this as the Company that she is working for are benefitting from my internet (that i've had to upgrade due to her work) Electricity, Heating, office space and the inconvenience that i can't do any work that is noisy on my house due to her having conferences, speaking to suppliers, customers etc. Anyone got an idea?
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I was just wondering if you would see this.Originally posted by Nicerino View PostComment
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something on martin lewis show last nightOriginally posted by Tuerto View Post
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She can claim £6 a week. Took me 5 minutes. If she back dates it her next pay slip will show a backdated increase, then the permanent change after that. All done by changing her tax code.
"54,800 customers claim tax relief for working from home - GOV.UK" https://www.gov.uk/government/news/5...king-from-homeComment
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I sympathise you can't do anything noisy when she's working, but claiming 6 quid a week back?! really?
There are not many people who spend less than a quid a day getting to and from work, so people are already saving on fuel, then want 6 quid a week from the government!Comment
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Not so simple unfortunately. A section of my home has become office space for large portions of the week. The business that she is working for are using my internet, my phone line, my gas and electricity, as it wouldn't be used if she was in work. Here's the important bit, it's my house and i'm paying the gas, electricity, internet etc. I don't want the money, my daughter can have it, that's not the point though. I'm sure that businesses are saving on utility bills, may have down graded their insurance plans as well and may have saved on stationary, maintenance and whatever else it takes to have a full quota of staff in a building.Originally posted by GL1Blue View PostComment
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I think if part of a home is used for business purposes it could, should you sell the house, be liable for tax as the house is no longer just your home. Worth looking in to. A proportion, based of the number of the rooms would be taxable. Eg if you have 7 rooms and 1 i used for that purpose, then 1/7 could be liable to tax. There's probably something not the .gov website about it.Originally posted by Tuerto View PostComment
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I think that is if you make profit from it, so if you converted your garage and then sold the property - the property is worth more so you can get hit with CGT - but it would only probably be if you declare it...Comment
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Thanks for that. I was self employed for 23 years so know a bit about what to claim for. I don't want money for nothing, i know that businesses are struggling etc, although i think that it's only fair that i get some reimbursement if the business is benefiting from the use of my home and the utilities.Originally posted by cardiff55 View PostComment
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Isn’t it tax relief on £6 so £1.20 a week?
Me and Mrs P both completed online from last March. We applied in November and about £35 each extra in our November pay the about a fiver extra in December.
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