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What expenses can I claim?

Different tax rules apply for different types of expense. These guides summarise the rules, advise you on planning points and tax-traps and with worked examples illustrate what you can and can't claim.

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A to Z: What expenses can I claim? At a glance
Accommodation costs : Login or subscribe to read more...
Accountancy & tax fees : Login or subscribe to read more...
Allowances: Trading and Property : Login or subscribe to read more...
Allowances: Trading and Property: At a glance
Board and lodging adjustments : Login or subscribe to read more...
Business Gifts : Login or subscribe to read more...
Cash or accruals accounting toolkit : Login or subscribe to read more...
Clothing and work wear : Login or subscribe to read more...
Converting part of a home into an office : Login or subscribe to read more...
Entertaining : Login or subscribe to read more...
Fines: No tax relief allowed on non-statutory fines
Flat (fixed) rate expenses or actual cost toolkit : Login or subscribe to read more...
Leases: Plant and machinery - Signpost : Login or subscribe to read more...
Legal fees in personal defence
Living expenses : Login or subscribe to read more...
Loss relief - Signpost
Medical & dental costs : Login or subscribe to read more...
Motor expenses (self-employed) : Login or subscribe to read more...
Pre-trading expenses (self-employed) : Login or subscribe to read more...
Repairs and renewals : Login or subscribe to read more...
Simpler Income Tax
Sponsorship : Login or subscribe to read more...
Subsistence (self-employed) : Login or subscribe to read more...
Training and course fees (self-employed) : Login or subscribe to read more...
Travel (self-employed) : Login or subscribe to read more...
Use of home as an office: Calculator
Wages: Spouse or family : Login or subscribe to read more...
Website and e-commerce costs : Login or subscribe to read more...
Wholly and exclusively…toolkit : Login or subscribe to read more...
Working from home (self-employed) : Login or subscribe to read more...

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How are different types of business taxed? What special rules apply to different types of business income and expenses? What about VAT? We summarise the different rules for taxing income and expenses of a large selection of different trades, professions and vocations.

 

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