tax...exspenses..how far can you push it!

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

I am talking about your company expenses. yes Wages ,fuel, gear and tools etc..but what else.

 

I claim gym membership , protien shakes, clothes and even running shoes.

 

I also have a £2000 olympic gym at home...which i will be puting towards expenses.

 

how far can i push this?

 

F the tax man!

[Steve Bullman]

lol, you need an accountant by the sounds of it!!!

[Rupe]

Clothes ar enot striclty covered unless you get them empbroidered with you logo. But push it as far as you like.

 

Its best to buy clothing from places that you might buy "genuine" work stuff from. i.e. an invoice from Next is not going to work but jeans shirts etc from your local agri supply will go through a lot easier.

 

I buy no end of stuff from, cotswold outdoor and claim as much as possible..

[Gregsie]

If you get your gear embroidered and tell the tax man you only use them for work you can also claim £60 a year for your laundry !

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

Clothes ar enot striclty covered unless you get them empbroidered with you logo. But push it as far as you like.

 

Its best to buy clothing from places that you might buy "genuine" work stuff from. i.e. an invoice from Next is not going to work but jeans shirts etc from your local agri supply will go through a lot easier.

 

I buy no end of stuff from, cotswold outdoor and claim as much as possible..

 

 

i do buy my work t-shirts etc rom primark. I also want to claim books , mobile phone bill , internet and phone bill, anything that remotely has anything to do with my work.

 

you think i can claim a trip to Barbados studying trees?

[Andy Collins]

Could always claim for me Rizlas! Oh no, got caught out for that already!

[Rupe]

Realistically you cannot claim all your phoen bill or mobile bill. A percentage of each maybe.

 

I claim 100% of mobile and zero of home phone which I never use.

 

It like your fuel. If its in a car then you can only claim a percentage. If its in a van/truck and you don't own a car then you can still only claim a percentage unless you prove you never use it to go to the shops etc.

 

I calim 1005 of my truck fuel/expenses and 80% of the car as I use it everyday for work and someone else drives the truck.

 

If I go away for weekends in the car I fill up with cash so it looks liek I never go anyhwere. Therefore I can claim 80% works use.

 

I've been investigated, its not nice but I got away lightly. NOw I know what I can and can't get away with.

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

luckily for myself my girlfriend is studying to be an Acountant.

 

You can claim 100 mobile phone bill. if you got it for a business contract.

 

also home phone and internet can be claimed for.

 

Dam..you can claim around £2 a day for lunch. ..around £10 a week..which is £40month = £480 a year estimate.

 

it all adds up..keep all your receipts.

[volvo]

Talking to the accountant the other day about a guy that even claims for his chinese etc.

Was informed that a lot of people think they can claim for anything but there job is to reject (wrong word)some of the stuff that is iffy that people present.

Most times you will never know that it has happened unless you ask.If he doesn't do that he and you will have problems with the taxmanl.

[Rupe]

You can't claim lunch!!

 

Food is not a business expense its a neccessity.

 

NOw if your buying for someone else, a future client then thats hospitality, that deductable!