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Tax Claim Facts regarding work uniform tax rebates
If you are provided with a uniform from your employer which you have to maintain, and you are not provided laundering facilities by your employer, HMRC will allow a uniform tax rebate claim to be made for the last five tax years. Tax Rebate Services has over 30 years professional taxation experience and is a registered HMRC agent. To help you further in reclaiming a uniform tax rebate please find below some helpful uniform tax rebate facts.
Included below, the following information on uniform tax rebates:
Eligibility for a Tax Claim | Uniform Maintenance | Tax Back on Clothing | Additional Tax Relief
Wearing a uniform - eligibility for a tax claim
Certain professions require that a uniform, or protective clothing, is worn in the course of your duties, for example a uniform worn by a Nurse or Doctor. If your employer provides you with a uniform with a logo, or company name on, a uniform tax rebate claim is possible.
Uniform Tax relief cannot be claimed for wearing your own clothing, or for clothing provided by your employer which does not have a company logo. However protective clothing purchased for work purposes without company logos can be claimed for, due to the fact that it is purchased for personal safety in the performance of your duties.
Maintaining your uniform
If you have to wash and repair your own uniform, as washing facilities are not provided by your employer, you can make a uniform tax claim, unless otherwise stated by HMRC.
Tax back on clothing
You can claim uniform tax relief if you have been wearing and maintaining a uniform in the performance of your duties over the last six years. Following your claim this allowance will be reflected in your tax code resulting in you paying less tax in all future years unless your circumstances change.
HMRC has agreed amounts of flat rate expenses that can be claimed for different industries, for the maintenance of uniform, purchase of protective clothing and tools for work use.
To be eligible to claim uniform tax relief tax must have been paid in the tax year claimed. To pay tax you will generally be earning more than the annual personal allowance agreed by HMRC, which for the 2011-2012 tax year is £7475.
Additional tax relief
In addition, many industries can claim extra tax relief for example costs such as professional fees, tools and equipment for work use and business mileage incurred for using your own car for work purposes. The additional tax relief can be reclaimed when making a uniform tax claim.
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