Working from home expenses

HMRC has issued a reminder that individuals can claim for working from home expenses quickly and easily online.

“Your clients or their employees may be able to claim tax relief for additional household costs if they have to work at home on a regular basis, either for all or part of the week. Additional costs include heating, metered water bills or business calls that have been incurred wholly, exclusively and necessarily as a direct result of working from home. They don’t include costs that would stay the same whether employees are working at home or in an office.

Your clients or their employees can apply quickly and easily using the HMRC online service, which is now open for claims covering periods up to 5 April 2022. For more information go to GOV.UK and search ‘tax relief job expenses. Employees who have to complete a Self-Assessment tax return will need to claim working from home expenses via the employment income pages of their tax return instead of the digital service.

For further information, please find the recent press release on P87 WFH expenses here: Working from home? Customers may be eligible to claim tax relief in 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)”