Home as Office Expense During Corona Pandemic

[darkwingduck]

Hi All,

Like most of you, recently I'm working only from home full time for my client.
In this case would it be acceptable to claim proportion of expenses such as rent & utility for home-as-ofiice instead of standard £4/w?

[GhostofTarbera]

It’s £6


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[northernladuk]

You aren't using any heating or lighting in this weather are you?

[simes]

As ever, what a f--king stupid response.

If like many people their utilities bills are Direct Debited and averaged out over a 12 month period, then whether one is physically using any heating or lighting in April, their April bill will no doubt be paying in part for their winter months' usage.

[simes]

Hi All,

Like most of you, recently I'm working only from home full time for my client.
In this case would it be acceptable to claim proportion of expenses such as rent & utility for home-as-ofiice instead of standard £4/w?

If you want to do some calculating, this can offer an alternative.

What home office expenses can I claim as a limited company contractor?

Talk it through with your accountant and do something comfortable to both.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

You can claim additional costs you have incurred if you can reasonably show how you calculated them. This has to be additional costs, not a proportion of fixed costs like rent. If you can’t then that’s what the £6/week is for.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

If you want to do some calculating, this can offer an alternative.

What home office expenses can I claim as a limited company contractor?

Talk it through with your accountant and do something comfortable to both.

That article is rubbish. You cannot claim a proportion of fixed costs like council tax in this way as an employee or director. Only the self employed can use this method.

[simes]

That article is rubbish. You cannot claim a proportion of fixed costs like council tax in this way as an employee or director. Only the self employed can use this method.

As a responsible citizen, and as it happens because I am calculating as such following this article, perhaps you could take it up with the authors of this article. They're not too far away.

[northernladuk]

As ever, what a f--king stupid response.

If like many people their utilities bills are Direct Debited and averaged out over a 12 month period, then whether one is physically using any heating or lighting in April, their April bill will no doubt be paying in part for their winter months' usage.

So why should a company who's going to be renting an office for maybe two months in summer pay the winter bills of someone's home?

If it's long term then yes fair enough but if he's doing this just while he's in lockndown then it's pretty unreasonable.

[Chart Accountancy]

Hi All,

Like most of you, recently I'm working only from home full time for my client.
In this case would it be acceptable to claim proportion of expenses such as rent & utility for home-as-ofiice instead of standard £4/w?

From 6 April 2020, you can claim £6 a week.

You can claim a proportion of your utility bills which are not fixed. Rent and mortgage payments are never allowable as you would still have to live somewhere even if you didn't work from home.

This article from FreeAgent has a helpful example: How do I calculate my working from home expenses? - FreeAgent