[Sir Squeaky]

I'm nearly done with the self assessment again, but I can't remember what I can claim for.
Could do with getting it down a bit, as it's been crap earning weather this month so far.

So far I've got:
Fuel
Van payments
equipment
clothing

I've had a mental block now. (I'm getting old)

Can anyone write a list of what they claim for please?

[darragh windows]

room in house as office ,telephone ,mobile,stamps

[d s windowcleaning]

soap powder for company workwear

[ronnie paton]

any insurances, any repairs any equipment (connectors or poles ect) stationary, everything you have used to run your business

[darragh windows]

can you claim for the water you use if your on a metre im not sure as it does not apply to me

[Sir Squeaky]

soap powder for company workwear

Nice one!

[CLEANGLASSUK]

You can claim for-

1.  Subsistance
2.  Laundry
3.  Clothing & Footwear
4.  INTERNET CONNECTION/EMAIL & INVOICING
5.  REPAIRS & RENEWAL’S
6.  PRINTING,POSTAGE & STATIONARY
7.  DAMAGE TO CUSTOMER PROPERTY NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE
8.  LIABILITY INSURANCE

These are just a few  

[East coast window cleaning Services]

Get a accountant will cost but will save you money & time

[jodan63]

internet connection? you mean the full monthly costs?

[d s windowcleaning]

soap powder for company workwear

Nice one!

it must have a logo .

[Sir Squeaky]

Get a accountant will cost but will save you money & time

No it won't, it will cost me £200!
I used to use one, but realised it was cheaper to do it myself.

[Niall McAllister]

when i was with the post office you could claim £80 ish per year for cleaning. clothing doesn't have to be logo'd, but it has to be obvious work wear. if you keep the primart reciepts they still won't count.
you have three main expence types
1 business
2 personal
3 mixed use
keep all your receipts and decide what cat they belong in. internet and mixed stuff you work out the % of business use and put that on your return
niall

[AuRavelling79]

Eight years back I took the view that as a trad window cleaner we needed a good washing machine to replace the one that had "died". We bought a Miele which is a very solid bit of kit and put 50% of it towards business expense and wrote that 50% down over four years. Now I'm wfp and use it less, but it 's still going strong.

Also about the same time I bought a very solid 12 x 8 shed, lined it out as an office and also used it to store my gear and ladders and that was a business expense and it is still going strong now. When I went wfp I moved my office to a corner of our dining room but the shed had depreciated to zero value and so I had no residual value to benefit from when I took it back to personal use.

This year I will charge a percentage of my house utilities for business expenses in the proportion that I estimate I use them.

[East coast window cleaning Services]

Get a accountant will cost but will save you money & time

No it won't, it will cost me £200!
I used to use one, but realised it was cheaper to do it myself.

Yeah but problem is your struggling to workout what to claim for without one.

[NWH]

Get a accountant will cost but will save you money & time

No it won't, it will cost me £200!
I used to use one, but realised it was cheaper to do it myself.

It`s not cheaper to do it yourself,a good 1 will save you a lot more than his-her fee and you wouldn`t need to ask these questions that`s the first thing you`ll save.

[birdymiller]

Give your missus a job doing some partime bookeeping and admin £25 a week knocks a bit off your bill.

[Sir Squeaky]

It`s not cheaper to do it yourself,a good 1 will save you a lot more than his-her fee and you wouldn`t need to ask these questions that`s the first thing you`ll save.

Rubbish, I've proved it already for the last 5 years!

To save me the £200 fee they would have to find another £1000 of receipts.
I don't think I could have missed out £1000 of washing powder and biros.

And it's hardly a "problem" to ask on here for a few claim ideas. :
Better than paying £200, and I'd still have to fill in 52 weeks of accounts anyway!

[NWH]

Your be far lass likely to have your file pulled out the in tray if it`s done by an accountant trust me,with a chartered accountants name to it they normally just file it if you send it in your bound to get a pull somewhere down the line in my experience,£200 is better then having that over your head.

[Sir Squeaky]

Your be far lass likely to have your file pulled out the in tray if it`s done by an accountant trust me,with a chartered accountants name to it they normally just file it if you send it in your bound to get a pull somewhere down the line in my experience,£200 is better then having that over your head.

If you're putting in £50k or something yes.
Not small fry like me.
It would cost them money to find little.

I can vouch for everything I own anyway, ao I'm not worried.
They can't prove sod-all.

[Niall McAllister]

Your be far lass likely to have your file pulled out the in tray if it`s done by an accountant trust me,with a chartered accountants name to it they normally just file it if you send it in your bound to get a pull somewhere down the line in my experience,£200 is better then having that over your head.

If you're putting in £50k or something yes.
Not small fry like me.
It would cost them money to find little.

I can vouch for everything I own anyway, ao I'm not worried.
They can't prove sod-all.

that's it, as long as you have all your receipts they can pull your file as often as they want.