accounts / expensies...can you claim these

[Justme]

As above if they are set up as a work based thing then you could claim them. Lots of companies have on site gyms for staff.

 

But also check first, cos they make the rules bend to suit themselves.

[Kev Stephenson]

you don't need weights, you could lift logs and they have cost you nothing.

 

I don't think you can get away with claiming lunch either, you can't do that if employed.

 

I was told that you can claim for everything you buy that you would not have bought if employed by someone else doing the same job.

 

You would be supplied with PPE, saws, fuel, a van full of fuel, etc. You would not be given your lunch, a set of weights for home or a gym membership so they can't be claimed for. Private medical is a difficult one, you need to prove that using the NHS isn't good enough as in most companies private medical insurance is a taxable benefit.

[Rupe]

Gym membership is a good one.

 

Many friends of mine have "free" gym membership with their employment, but of course it has a value and that value is taxed, a bit like a company car.

[Justme]

 

I don't think you can get away with claiming lunch either, you can't do that if employed.

 

 

When I was doing contracting work (in IT) I was self employed (but working under a umbrella company). We could claim for food if we had done over 5 hours & then a bigger amount if over 10 (I think it was called subsistence allowance). We dint get paid that amount but it did offset out wages to expenses so we paid less tax.

 

 

Travel and Subsistence Allowance Expenses

 

Travel expenses include the actual travel expenses, meal allowance, subsistence expenses and associated costs incurred as part of the cost of making the business journey. The cost of business travel includes the cost of any necessary subsistence costs incurred in the course of the journey and the cost of meals necessarily purchased whilst at a temporary workplace. Meal cost should be supported by the meal receipt to avoid problems claiming the tax allowances. Daily allowances or per diem allowance can be claimed if approved as an Inland Revenue rate

 

If an overnight stay is needed then the cost of the accommodation and any necessary meals is part of the cost of business travel. If the overnight stay is in a hotel, claim the hotel bill including the meal cost, or claim the lodging allowance of 25 pounds if the overnight stay was with family or friends, in effect daily allowances.

 

The tax allowances for subsistence allowance costs must be attributable to the business travel and incurred in the course of the journey being additional to costs if it were not for the business travel. Consequential costs not incurred in travelling but due to circumstances, for example the cost of a child minder while away from home is not an allowable travel expense. Allowable subsistence expenses do not need to take into account the costs saved as a result of the business travel. For example, if a meal cost is claimed as part of the travel expenses no deduction is required for the cost of that meal at home enabling the full meal cost to be the meal allowance.

 

 

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Subsistence Travel Expenses Tax Allowances and Car Mileage Rates

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

you can claim lunch.

 

Also my weights are at my business address and they are provn to fix physical probs.

 

Its cool though...was just wondering how ridiclous it is going to be to taxman.

 

Will just open another company. personal fitness intructor and reg it to business address.....sorted!