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This Spend Control ceased as a requirement on 1st February 2023. Other Cabinet Office Spending Controls remain operational.
Centrally approved spending for property, advertising, consultancy, technology and recruitment.
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
When to apply and how to apply to spend money on a digital service.
Check if you need approval to spend money on a digital or technology service.
How to work out the balancing charge when you dispose of or sell plant or machinery after claiming allowances for them.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for digital and technology activities.
What qualifies as ordinary commuting and private travel for tax purposes.
Follow this guidance to ensure approval requirements are met for all proposed contingent labour spend with day rates of £1000 and above.
The Cabinet Office aims to meet the following SLAs for approvals that use version 4 of the spend controls guidance.
Tax and reporting rules for employers covering the costs of employees working from home
Find out more information on expenses, payments and benefits that are non-taxable.
How to claim R&D expenditure credit (RDEC) for Corporation Tax relief on your company's R&D, if you’re a large company or small and medium-sized enterprise.
Tax and reporting rules for employers who provide transport subsistence expenses for employees.
This note includes the value for money metrics that providers must report on as part of their Annual Accounts reporting and also explains how to calculate the metrics.
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