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Home to work travel expenses

February 4, 2011

If you are self-employed your business may be based at your home address, although you perform the majority of your work at your customers’ sites. In such cases the Taxman may argue that you can’t claim the cost of travelling to your customer’s sites, as your business is not truly home-based. Paul Mellor proved to the Tax Tribunal that his self-employed work as an electrician was based at his home as he prepared quotes there, so he could claim the costs of travelling to his customer’s sites.

 Paul Mellor TC 00906

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