Tax and expenses - not got a clue!!!!!

[cluelessgirl]

Hi

Does anyone know much about tax/self assessment etc?

I have two jobs. My main job is full time, in a school so I just pay my tax via PAYE in the usual way - this is all fine.

I have a second job that involved marking and verifiying assessment decisions for an exam board. This starts in December each year and I usually finigh by July so 7- months a year. This is 100% remote working with no option of going into an office etc. I probably spend an average of 15 hours per week and this makes me a not huge, but significant second income of up to 10K per year.

I have to do a tax self assessment due to the child benefit charge and have noticed that I might be able to claim some expenses for working from home - is this right?

I think that I may be able to claim for the following -

heating for my home office
Use of printer/ink
Laptop - I had to purchase one as I only have a school laptop and wasnt allowed to use it for this other job

am I right in thinking that I could claim for these things? I don't want to appear money grabbing, but as the main earner and with the cost of living etc, I feel that I need to claim what I am entitled to

I am also going to claim for my union subscription for my main job

Does anyone know if I am on the right track?

If you sign into your government Gateway Account or create one if you HAVEN'T got one and go through the form it's quite easy to follow. You shouldn't need an accountant it's just a couple of boxes. As people say it's £6 a month you can claim. The other stuff is only if it's exclusively for work which you laptop isn't and would only be about £60 anyway also covers uniform safety shoes goggles thT sort of thing

EIM31660 which is from the hmrc manual for those who are not familiar with it states 'where the non-business purpose is merely incidental the whole expense can be deducted'.

The OP CAN deduct the cost of the computer.

Op the manual is online. Have a read of the relevant sections or use the notes on the online self assessment as you enter your figures.

I've just done self assessment for the child benefit as my salary is over 50k. Don't forget to put in pension contributions (non salary sacrifice), charity contributions and interest earned.