Contractors in UK
What can you claim?
Our expenses policy has been prepared by tax experts and employment specialists, so why not enjoy the benefits of tax relief by claiming expenses through Umbrella or Self Employed services.
Pre-requisites to claim expenses
- Write your name, date and sign the expenses claim form.
- You can only claim expenses not agreed by the agency
- For any claims other than the standard allowances you will have to post us your original receipts
- Expenses should have incurred after the date of registration with us and should be claimed within three months from the date of expenditure incurred
- Expenses should be incurred during the working day only
- The receipts should clearly show the date and amount
- You can only claim expenses that ‘you have incurred wholly, necessarily and exclusively in the performance of your employment duties’. Though we may not ask, receipts (or evidence) are needed for all expenses that you claim. This protects you and your agency from any queries from Tax Authority.
Claimable expenses include:
- Travel Cost in UK can be claimed for travelling to temporary place of work. Business mileage can be claimed at 45p for the first 10,000 miles and 25p thereafter. You can also claim Car Parking, Toll and Congestion Charges and Public Transport by sending the original receipts. Mileage cost in Ireland can be claimed on kilometre basis and the car engine capacity.
- You can claim meal expenses consumed whilst travelling for locum purposes. You can claim for breakfast, lunch and dinner with receipts when you are away from home depending upon the numbers of hours you work in a day.
- You can claim safety/protective clothing necessary for your work.
- You can claim your annual professional subscriptions and professional training courses.
- When you are working away from your home you can claim overnight accommodation expenses and a reasonable level of refreshments and you can claim up to £5.00 of incidental expenses
- You can claim Home/Mobile Telephones by providing itemised bills and highlighting the business calls.
- All ‘reasonable’ work related equipment and costs, such as medical tools, stationary, photocopying charges can be claimed by providing the original receipts.
(Please note we do not reimburse these expenses but you save tax, national Insurance contribution on it. To know more about the employment circumstances and when you qualify to claim these expenses please call us on 01756 703 892 to discuss more about it.)