Postby Tamarix » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:05 am
Thank-you Colin and Ramnik for your deliberations. Can some-one still explain why in your Tax Doctor article of October 2002 from which the information was gleaned in the first place, why it states that RENT, COUNCIL TAX,WATER RATES, etc are the expenses that need to be taken into consideration when computating this figure for OT ? Can any one please clarify what expenses can be taken into consideration, or indeed HOW TO WORK OUT " Office Use of Home " computation, it seems to me to be a VERY, VERY grey area. Ever hopeful that some-one can help me, I feel that £20 allowed by IR is an insult, when I know that other business's of the same type as my own and the same office arrangements, are claiming £300 for their "Office use of Home"
Also WHY, does the Ir not make this at all clear in their information sheets, etc. as surely it is a problem that is incurring more and more, as more and more people operate their small business from home ? My gut feeling is to challenge the amount, but as Ramnik says, is it going to jeopardise the conclusion to the enquiry. PLEASE, PLEASE help me, the letter has to be answered a.s.a.p. or challenged.
Tamarix