Tax refund for having to wash your own uniform.

[Swiper]

Hi, I have read in the Sunday Mirror today that you can get a tax refund if you have to wash your own work uniform. It gives you the website link www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax. But i can't seem to find where to go from there about claiming back the money. Does anybody else know what to do? Any help would be appreciated.

[boxtops]

Yes, it's here, you have to forage about a bit on the site for it. http://www.hmrc.gov.u...eimanual/EIM32485.htm

Are you in nursing? If so I believe you can also claim an allowance for tights and shoes - you certainly used to be able to do so.

[boxtops]

^^ you need to follow through all the links to make sure that your workplace is eligible - different links for different employments.

[carrot99]

or phone them

Taxes Helpline
Please have your National Insurance number with you when you phone
Opening hours 8.00 am to 8.00 pm, Monday to Friday
8.00 am to 4.00 pm Saturday

0845 300 0627

For customers who are deaf or hearing or speech impaired: 0845 302 1408 (Textphone)

[boxtops]

Eddie, that depends if your employer is registered to the scheme - OH tried to claim last year for the safety boots he needs for his job (employer doesn't provide them) but HMRC responded that his employer isn't registered to say that they don't provide uniform - so they turned down his claim.

[boxtops]

Nope Eddie, apparently not - OH has looked into it with the taxman - the terms of OH's contract don't state that PPE is required to be supplied by the employer.

[Swiper]

Thank you for your answers, I think my husband is entitled, he works for the local council, his official job title is bricklayer, but he ends up doing a lot of roofs (including felt roofing), drains and concreting paths and driveways. As you can imagine I have to wash his uniform everynight. his uniform is provided for him by the way and he has to wear it, he can't even wear his own jacket to work he has to wear the one he's provided with.

[buildersmate]

Boxtops
Just to note that PPE does have to be provided by the employer if the nature of the work requires it. However it is for the employer to determine the appropriate safe system of work, so the employer can decide if safety boots are a requirement or not. There must be a level of reasonableness in this decision, such that if an incident occurred at work involving a crush injury to a foot, the HSE would then decide how reasonable the employer was being (in deciding to take action against the employer).
However if the employee decides to invest in safety boots off his/her own back because the employer won't (or the employer doesn't like the style of that provided, as sometimes happens), the employer cannot then be forced to fund them.

[Emma1982]

Referring to http://taxboomerang.co.uk/ if you have dress code at work, then you can get uniform laundry allowance. I have used that service before and it was simple and I received £238 uniform tax rebate