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Title: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: james cairns on August 19, 2006, 12:42:43 pm: Guys was wondering if you can claim the dentist bill and eye glasses against your tax

was only wondering

jinky
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: freshwater on August 19, 2006, 01:02:23 pm: jinky,

Anything, which you need to carry out your trade or profession and is used for trade or profession, can be offset against your profits. You might be able to claim a pair of glasses if you can prove they are needed for your job and the are only used at work. The only way you might get away with dentist bills is you have two broken arms and need to hold your pole in your teeth. If in doubt call the inland revenue, its amazing what you can claim.

steve@freshwatersystems.co.uk
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: abacus on August 19, 2006, 06:58:11 pm: Hi jinky
I claim for my ostiopaths bill when I pull my back out
its a work related injury so its tax deductable

regards grant
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: james cairns on August 19, 2006, 08:25:03 pm: thanks for the replies guys will maybe try for the glasses, the cost of these things just go up and up as you get older, but if it is tax deductable, this is maybe one of the perks we have over the young guys lol

ps maybe not

jinky
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: Ian Rochester on August 19, 2006, 08:28:38 pm: You could join a health care trust (bupa or similar) I believe that is tax deductable and is seen as a benefit in kind by inland revenue on a P11D.

I have paid for one of my lads to see an osteopath when he put his neck out and have claimed that against tax.
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: abacus on August 21, 2006, 06:37:36 pm: Hi jinky
it would seem from my accountant that the glasses are not tax deductable as they are not exclusively for work and the eye problem not work related :D
regards grant
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: james cairns on August 21, 2006, 06:49:05 pm: thanks grant for clearing that up for me

jinky
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: JohnL on August 21, 2006, 07:45:25 pm: I think your accountant is wrong according to my advisors.

If you have your own pair but have to buy a pair just for work ie you scratch them easily so would be be of little use at home, you can claim a pair as for work purposes only. Of course you could have a pair with a sightly different prescription to your normal ones '' to help you see better at work ''

It is true that you cannot claim if you only have one pair though.

:)

JohnL
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: stephen d on August 21, 2006, 11:21:27 pm: join HSA for about £8 /month you get both dental and optical cover as well as a range of other benifits-forms usually in most chemists
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: Jeff Brimble on August 22, 2006, 05:39:57 am: The analogy of 2 pairs of glasses is the same argument as running two cars one for work(claimable) one for private use(not).
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: Trevor Knight on August 22, 2006, 07:00:09 am: Just food for thought guy's

The more you try to claim from the tax man that is lets say "cheeky" and perhaps a little ambitious will only add to the Tax man thinking this fella is trying his luck and maybe worh a quick audit to see what else he is trying to slip into his tax return.

Is a pair of glasses for a few quid worth a visit from the Tax man??

Not for me it isn't.

Trev
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: JM123 on August 22, 2006, 01:47:14 pm: tax man investigation? no way.
Title: Re: IS KEEPING YOURSELF IN GOOD NICK TAX DEDUCTABLE
Post by: Paul Coleman on August 26, 2006, 01:41:37 pm: My understanding is that you cannot claim for medical expenses as a tax deductible expense. However, you can claim for medical appliances that you need to carry out your work. I feel that glasses is going too far. Once when I did my back, I couldn't claim for the osteopathy but I could and did (legally) claim for the support belt that I had to buy in order to continue with my work.