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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: richywilts on February 11, 2015, 07:17:58 pm

Title: bit of a mad question
Post by: richywilts on February 11, 2015, 07:17:58 pm
ive recently bought loads of new tunes off itunes as i got upgrad to iphone 6 so now my battery last longer than 1-2 hours without charging i can listen to music whilst i work

bit strange but as the music is for work purposes could these be used against tax etc and put down as an entertainment expense of some sort
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: Jakey boy on February 11, 2015, 07:24:54 pm
ive recently bought loads of new tunes off itunes as i got upgrad to iphone 6 so now my battery last longer than 1-2 hours without charging i can listen to music whilst i work

bit strange but as the music is for work purposes could these be used against tax etc and put down as an entertainment expense of some sort

Doubt it, you'd have to prove you only listen to them at work, plus why bother anyway... There are 100's of more relevant things to claim back!

Very doubtful it's even an eligible thing to aim back on!
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: richywilts on February 11, 2015, 07:38:26 pm
i just thought pubs etc can prob claim back against cd's they buy and schools against dvd etc if ya get my drift
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: alfie11 on February 11, 2015, 07:57:56 pm
I hope you have a prs licence to play music at a work place   ;D
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: Walter Mitty on February 11, 2015, 11:14:25 pm
ive recently bought loads of new tunes off itunes as i got upgrad to iphone 6 so now my battery last longer than 1-2 hours without charging i can listen to music whilst i work

bit strange but as the music is for work purposes could these be used against tax etc and put down as an entertainment expense of some sort

I'm sure you would get away with it - so long as HMRC didn't check up on you.  If they did, I'm pretty certain they would disallow it and maybe even impose a penalty for taking the p :) .
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: C o z y on February 11, 2015, 11:30:28 pm
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Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: Walter Mitty on February 11, 2015, 11:41:12 pm
i just thought pubs etc can prob claim back against cd's they buy and schools against dvd etc if ya get my drift

Of course they can but in the case of pubs and schools, the items are being used for the business e.g. providing music for customers or education for kids.
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: rosskesava on February 12, 2015, 12:15:56 am
You can only claim expenses needed for the running of your business.

Your business doesn't need downloaded music in order to operate so nope, it's not a legitimate business expense.
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: CleanClear on February 12, 2015, 12:42:59 am
ive recently bought loads of new tunes off itunes as i got upgrad to iphone 6 so now my battery last longer than 1-2 hours without charging i can listen to music whilst i work

bit strange but as the music is for work purposes could these be used against tax etc and put down as an entertainment expense of some sort

Richy if you want to help yourself to some tax saving then register your business offshore, not to far away. Hilbre Island does it. You just pick your mail up from it once a month and they also do their own domain names ending in HI. so for example ...www.windowcleandirect.hi   . And they're cheap too. You can also Domicile yourself there if you visit every weekend, just say you like Puffins and Seals. The fella awho lives in the house there is very friendly and approachable.
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: richywilts on February 12, 2015, 12:46:04 am
it was just a thought today thats coz spent about 300 quid on them downloadd to my business phone  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: Jakey boy on February 12, 2015, 07:41:51 am
it was just a thought today thats coz spent about 300 quid on them downloadd to my business phone  ;D ;D ;D

£300? Crikey mate, that's about 40-50 albums!!!!!!
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: 8weekly on February 12, 2015, 07:48:53 am
Iomoio.com
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: Soupy on February 12, 2015, 11:28:41 am
it was just a thought today thats coz spent about 300 quid on them downloadd to my business phone  ;D ;D ;D

Could you not have got Spotify? Pretty much any music there is for £10 p/m?
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: deeege on February 12, 2015, 01:00:33 pm
it was just a thought today thats coz spent about 300 quid on them downloadd to my business phone  ;D ;D ;D

Could you not have got Spotify? Pretty much any music there is for £10 p/m?

This +1

Pointless downloading from iTunes because they make it near impossible to use any other platform.
Title: Re: bit of a mad question
Post by: EandM on February 12, 2015, 01:20:11 pm
iTunes is a bit of a weird one.
You didn't buy the songs, nor do you own them but you've entered into a lifelong lease agreement with Apple (see the Bruce Willis iTunes Battle).
As they aren't yours and never will be I doubt HMRC would be very enthusiastic.

Great thread though !