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Claiming tax relief on expenses you have to pay for your work, like uniforms, tools, travel and working from home costs.
You might be able to claim tax relief if: you use your own money for…
You may be able to claim tax relief for additional household costs if you…
You may be able to claim tax relief on the cost of: repairing or replacing…
You may be able to claim tax relief if you use cars, vans, motorcycles or…
You can claim tax relief on: professional membership fees, if you must pay…
If you have to travel for your work you may be able to claim tax relief on…
You may be able to claim tax relief on the full cost of substantial…
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
If you’re self-employed, your business will have various running costs,…
If you’re self-employed - a sole trader or individual in a business…
Keep records of all your business expenses as proof of your costs. Tell HM…
As an employer, you might need to report any expenses or benefits you provide to employees - tax and National Insurance (NI) payments
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
Tax and reporting rules for employers who provide transport subsistence expenses for employees.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing social functions, including annual parties, for employees
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
Find out information about employee incidentals overnight expenses for business travel.
Tax and reporting rules for employers who meet or reimburse an employee's expenses - scale rate payments round sum allowances (RSA)
Find out about the tax treatment of expenses payments.
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