The HMRC rules are not the same for all industry sectors, so that is why we need to know what you do so we can maximise your claim.

To claim for any year, you must be employed during that year and incur relevant expenses such as:

• Working from home
• Laundering uniforms
• Providing clothing / equipment necessary for your work
• Professional or union subscriptions
• Travelling expenses including food and accommodation or using your own vehicle for work and training purposes apart from normal commuting

To be eligible, you must be carrying out the duties of their employment under homeworking arrangements. This means that the employee is regularly performing some or all of their duties at home.

HMRC guidance notes that they will accept an employee is working at home regularly where it is frequent, or follows a pattern, such as working at home for two days of every week. In the example of an employee working two days a week at home, HMRC will still consider it to be regular even if the employee varies the days which they work at home each week.

Informal working at home which is not by arrangement does not count as homeworking – for example taking work home in the evenings will not qualify the employee for tax-free reimbursement of costs. There must be an arrangement to work at home and not at the employer’s premises, and it is good practice for this to be in writing.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, HMRC will accept that employees working from home because their employer’s offices have closed - or because the employee is following advice to self-isolate - meet these requirements. Newly home-based employees will be eligible to receive the allowance tax free from the date that their employer agreed they could work from home, or from when the initial government advice to work at home was announced in March 2020.

HMRC allow a claim of £4 per week to be made without any receipts or detailed costings.

If your employer paid you a tax free allowance towards your homeworking costs, then we need to factor this contribution into your claim.

Normally they would add this on your payslip as tax free expenses or pay you a cheque / BACS payment separately from your pay.

Don't worry if you don't have the exact details, an estimate will do at this stage.

But the more detail you provide the better we can check your claim and ensure that you have included everything.

If you launder your own uniform or work wear (such as protective overalls) then you can claim a uniform allowance of £60 per year.

For example as a PE teacher you may have to purchase football boots, trainers or other sportswear. As an airline pilot, you may need to replace a noise cancelling headset.

Don't worry if you don't have the exact details, an estimate will do at this stage.

But the more detail you provide the better we can check your claim and ensure that you have included everything.

We can claim for tax relief on any subscriptions to pay to professional associations.

Most trade and professional bodies qualify along with most registered trade unions.

HMRC have a list of those which qualify here.

Don't worry if you don't have the exact details, an estimate will do at this stage.

But the more detail you provide the better we can check your claim and ensure that you have included everything.

Temporary workplaces are a complicated subject but in simple terms include any location which is not your normal place of work (such as the office you're based at or school you teach at).

• If you visit customers' premises as part of your job, then travelling to and from there is likely to qualify
• If you travel to the company's field offices, then those are likely to qualify. You will need to designate your main office and travel from home to there will not qualify.
• If you work at a temporary location for up to 2 years, that is likely to qualify
• If you attend a training course, that is likely to qualify
• If you drive to another school for a fixture / event, that is likely to qualify

HMRC will allow you 45p for each of the first 10,000 miles and 25p thereafter.

HMRC will allow you 45p for each of the first 10,000 miles and 25p thereafter.

HMRC will allow you 20p for each mile.

Don't worry if you don't have the exact details, an estimate will do at this stage.

But the more detail you provide the better we can check your claim and ensure that you have included everything.

Don't worry if you don't have the exact details, an estimate will do at this stage.

But the more detail you provide the better we can check your claim and ensure that you have included everything.

Don't worry if you don't have the exact details, an estimate will do at this stage.

But the more detail you provide the better we can check your claim and ensure that you have included everything.

Don't worry if you don't have the exact details, an estimate will do at this stage.

But the more detail you provide the better we can check your claim and ensure that you have included everything.

Don't worry if you don't have the exact details, an estimate will do at this stage.

But the more detail you provide the better we can check your claim and ensure that you have included everything.