{"id":20486,"date":"2020-11-12T11:04:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T11:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smh.group\/?p=20486"},"modified":"2020-11-12T11:04:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T11:04:56","slug":"employees-can-now-claim-tax-relief-for-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/employees-can-now-claim-tax-relief-for-working-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Employees can now claim tax relief for working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HMRC has launched an online portal to help taxpayers claim tax relief for working from home during the pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 6 April 2020, employees can claim a tax-free amount of \u00a36 a week to cover the additional costs of working from home. For a basic rate taxpayer, this works out to tax relief of \u00a362.40 over the course of 2020\/21, with relief of \u00a3124.80 for a higher rate taxpayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taxpayers do not have to provide any evidence, such as increased bills, to support the \u00a36 a week claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to claim<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For 2020\/21, HMRC, in recognition of the unusual circumstances, are generously permitting a claim for the entire year regardless of how many weeks you are required to work from home. It doesn\u2019t matter if you only work at home one or two days a week. If two or more people work from the same home, then each person is entitled to make a claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amount to claim for 2020\/21 is \u00a3312 (52 weeks at \u00a36). The online portal can also be used to claim for the final two weeks of 2019\/20 after the lockdown commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The online portal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are two circumstances when the online portal is not applicable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n