Locum expenses

RE: Locum expenses

Sal the 1st — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:38:04 GMT

[quote user="Fiona McMahon"]

A colleague of mine got the £60 per year backdated one year a few months ago

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I claimed mine back just last month and they are allowing me just £12 per year! but have backdated it for the maximum 4 years. I can feel another phone call coming on. I had to ring them last month because my new Tax Code said I had no personal allowance and would be taxed at the higher rate

I think somebody had got a bit over enthusiastic somewhere when putting in 0's - even the chap at the tax office asked if I was very friendly with the boss to have got such a wage rise - £146k for a part time VN! sure would be nice but no - I earn less than 1/10th of that

RE: Locum expenses

Louise B — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:28:30 GMT

[quote user="Fiona McMahon"]

Yes. The practice bought the uniform

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Cool. Thanks for clairfying :)

RE: Locum expenses

Fiona McMahon — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:19:12 GMT

Yes. The practice bought the uniform

RE: Locum expenses

Louise B — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:02:42 GMT

[quote user="Fiona McMahon"]

A colleague of mine got the £60 per year backdated one year a few months ago

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I am assuming that is for uniform car: washing, etc rather than purchase though?

RE: Locum expenses

Fiona McMahon — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:01:40 GMT

A colleague of mine got the £60 per year backdated one year a few months ago

RE: Locum expenses

Louise B — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:43:57 GMT

[quote user="Fiona McMahon"]

. Uniforms, work clothing and tools

You may be able to claim tax relief on the cost of:

buying, repairing or replacing small tools you need to do your job, eg scissors or an electric drill
cleaning, repairing or replacing specialist clothing, eg a uniform or safety boots

You can’t claim relief on the initial cost of buying work clothing.

If you need to buy other equipment to use in your job, you can claim capital allowances instead.

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Yep, but when you look into what qualifies as a uniform/specialist clothing, it gets more problematic.

***AMENDED*** It looks like HMRC will allow non-branded uniforms now as tax deductible. I was originally stopped by HMRC back in 2000 for claiming the costs of VN uniforms! ***

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/bimmanual/bim37910.htm

RE: Locum expenses

Fiona McMahon — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:38:31 GMT

4. Uniforms, work clothing and tools

You may be able to claim tax relief on the cost of:

buying, repairing or replacing small tools you need to do your job, eg scissors or an electric drill
cleaning, repairing or replacing specialist clothing, eg a uniform or safety boots

You can’t claim relief on the initial cost of buying work clothing.

If you need to buy other equipment to use in your job, you can claim capital allowances instead.

What you can claim

You can either claim:

for what you’ve spent - you’ll need to keep receipts
a ‘flat rate deduction’

Flat rate deductions are set amounts that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has agreed are typically spent each year by employees in different occupations.

If your occupation isn’t listed, you may still be able to claim a standard annual amount of £60 in tax relief.

You don’t need to keep records of what you’ve paid for if you claim a flat rate deduction.

RE: Locum expenses

Louise B — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:29:27 GMT

[quote user="Jill Macdonald"]hat's interesting re uniform - not heard that one as I would say if you have to buy your own uniform then that would count as an expense.[/quote]

Unfortunately not, not unless it is branded/logo'd to your business so that it could realistically only be worn to work. The rationale is that you could otherwise choose to wear the clothing for non-work purposes so it isn't a legitimate expense. I guess that is because, irrespective of the job we do, we have to wear clothes - employed, self-employed or other.

RE: Locum expenses

Fiona McMahon — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:58:03 GMT

There is going to be a massive change to expenses if you are with an umbrella company in the new tax year so best check it out now.

RE: Locum expenses

Jill Macdonald — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:20:53 GMT

That's interesting re uniform - not heard that one as I would say if you have to buy your own uniform then that would count as an expense.

You can claim back for washing your uniform - I know that! (whether you're self-employed or not according to Martin Lewis)

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/uniform-tax-rebate

And your RCVS (and BVNA) registration fees...

RE: Locum expenses

Jill Macdonald — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:17:05 GMT

Hi Michelle,

It can be a tad confusing, and also depending on whether you are self-employed or working under an umbrella company (a topic in itself!)

If you need a bit of guidance before you set out, we run a 2-week module on Locum Nursing - only £49 (which can of course be offset against tax as CPD as somone has mentioned :))

More details here or email me if you're interested.

http://www.oncoreepd.co.uk/The-Successful-Locum-Nurse_A1BU8W.aspx?nh=231739

Jill

RE: Locum expenses

Julie-Anne Wilson — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:01:35 GMT

I was with an umbrella company and claimed expenses through them so all the following info is based on me using them and not on me invoicing the company personally. Basically they just claim them through post tax/NI and then put the money back on.

As for uniform, I was told I could only claim for PPI which doesn't cover your actual uniform. I could claim for CPD (including travel to and from, hotel and meal costs is away from home) after I had someone send them an email stating that I NEED to do CPD to enable me to continue working as an RVN.

Travel costs can be claimed for every time you travel to and from work. Also the umbrella company I used ad an option for invoicing the client for expenses so if they say they're covering certain costs then you check that option.

RE: Locum expenses

Ian M — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:57:45 GMT

You will need to take this on a case by case basis and it is something you detail with each employer. Some may consider that the higher locum rate than a paid staff rate is because these on-costs are met by you.

But you need to be specific about them and not assume they are going to be covered. If they are not covered by the employer or the agency then basically they are yours to pay.

If you are paying them yourself then they are tax exempt of course so you can offset them aside from your income and then just get taxed on what is profit.... but you need to be careful that you don’t accidentally try to claim them as tax exempt if an employer has paid them (easily done in a rush when trundling through receipts).

I split my invoices into two distinct pages, a professional time page and an on-cost page to make it easier to divide up my costs, and I have a receipts and tickets stash for travel costs, and I print a hard copy of everything including a mileage log and file it all in there for each job.