cellar_door
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Hi guys. Need some advice from any fellow freelancers who work from home.
It's about self-assessment tax. I'm just doing my first return - I've used the paper one to work it all out and I'm going to file it online shortly. I found it quite straightforward actually, except for one thing. I work from home, and I'm completely stumped as to what to put in the 'Rent, Rates & Power' box. How do you work out the extra amount of electricity, gas and water you've used since starting up a home office? I know they allow you £3 a week without questioning it, but that doesn't seem a lot to me. I've looked online, but it seems like a lot of freelancers are having the same problem on the message boards I've read.
Problem is I live at a mate's house and she takes care of all the bills - I just give her a rent cheque every month. I have no idea how much she pays for the utilities, or how much the cost gone up since I started working from home. I can't ask her either cos she's working in the U.S at the moment. Any suggestions? How do you work it out?
Cheers guys,
Jim
It's about self-assessment tax. I'm just doing my first return - I've used the paper one to work it all out and I'm going to file it online shortly. I found it quite straightforward actually, except for one thing. I work from home, and I'm completely stumped as to what to put in the 'Rent, Rates & Power' box. How do you work out the extra amount of electricity, gas and water you've used since starting up a home office? I know they allow you £3 a week without questioning it, but that doesn't seem a lot to me. I've looked online, but it seems like a lot of freelancers are having the same problem on the message boards I've read.
Problem is I live at a mate's house and she takes care of all the bills - I just give her a rent cheque every month. I have no idea how much she pays for the utilities, or how much the cost gone up since I started working from home. I can't ask her either cos she's working in the U.S at the moment. Any suggestions? How do you work it out?
Cheers guys,
Jim