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Uniform tax allowance

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tansorboy
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Post by tansorboy »

Does anybody know what the HMRC allowance is for uniform cleaning?
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£60

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RobertT
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Post by RobertT »

But us posties get £120.
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lightningpostman
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Post by lightningpostman »

is this applied automatically or do you need to go through some hoops?
Mobey
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Post by Mobey »

lightningpostman wrote:is this applied automatically or do you need to go through some hoops?
Speak to the tax office and explain about your job. I think they can backdate it 4 years for any other jobs you had using a uniform. I think when might got backdated I got approx £60. Better than nothing. :nana