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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…
Find out what you may be able to claim to reduce a tax bill if you are self-employed or run a limited company, charity, or community amateur sports club.
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
Simplified expenses are a way of calculating some of your business…
Calculate your vehicle expenses using a flat rate for mileage instead of…
Calculate your allowable expenses using a flat rate based on the hours you…
A small number of businesses use their business premises as their home,…
Find out if you can deduct some of the costs of running your company to work out its taxable profit.
Find out information about employee incidentals overnight expenses for business travel.
How to tax employee expenses for entertaining clients.
Claiming tax relief on expenses you have to pay for your work, like uniforms, tools, travel and working from home costs.
Find out if you could claim the cost of training as an allowable business expense if you are a self-employed individual.
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
This guidance sets out HMRC's approach to applying legislation on expenses payments and benefits received by directors and employees.
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