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How do I claim for electricity and heating used while I've been working from home. My accountant has asked me to send everything in to him but I dont know what I should send in to claim for these expenses or how much to claim back :S
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Without specific receipting, it is going to be very difficult to work out such a figure... Perhaps take the total bill, and break the day into three 8 hour periods.
1. 8 hours 'working'.
2. 8 hours 'living'.
3. 8 hours 'sleeping'.
Submit the 33% of the bill that you could attribute to the 8 hours per day when working. Of course, this is doubtful you will be working 7 days a week.
Perhaps this is more hassle than it is worth.
How would you be sounding like a chump? It's his job.
Without itemised billing, breaking this down is going to be tough to present - you need professional advice.
Hope that helps!
I think if it's not more than a few quid it really won't be worth it, especially when you consider the hassle you'll get from the tax man to start doing self-assesments e.t.c.
Pretty much. You dont count any hallways or bathrooms/toilets. So if you have a 3-bed house with a kitchen and living room and use one room for a office, you have 5 useable rooms so can claim 20% of your total bills.
You can claim for Electric, gas (for heating), council tax, rent/mortage interest (but not capital repayments), water etc. If you dont have the original bills then you should be able to find the figures from your bank statements.
Its a very common expense for the self-employed to claim for, but HM Revenue & Customs policy is quite specific about what can and cant be claimed.