Income Tax Rebate and Increased Personal Allowance in Future Years

Hello

If you work in a sector where uniform is required, and your employer provides a uniform, such as a logo'd t-shirt or a uniform that is designed to protect your own clothing and prevent the spread of infection, that you have to take home and wash ... you might be entitled to a tax rebate of up to £45.00 or £60.00 per year for the last six years.

All you have to do is write a letter (see my What Comsumer Blog accessible via my profile for the sample letter) and send it to your employers HMRC Tax Office - I know of people that have got around £200 back.

Usually HMRC will refund tax already paid in the form of a cheque of BACS payment for previous years, and for the current and future tax years increase you tax code, so that the extra £60 allowance is built into your tax code.

It only takes a few minutes to do and costs £0.30 to post, and it could be worth £200 ... do have a look at the letter in my blog and if it applies to you, send it off.

Below is a letter, that I give out on training courses to learners - some of them have managed to get a £200 rebate, and an increase in their tax code for future years, just copy and paste into a word processing file, fill in the gaps, remove the bits in brackets that don't apply, and send.

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Your Name
Your Address


Date


HM Revenue & Customs
Tax Office Address
Details available from your employer/payroll dept
Postcode.


Dear Sir or Madam

RE: Expenses Allowance
NI No: (AA000000A)

I have been employed at (Company Name), (Location) since (Date of Starting at Employment). My employer’s PAYE reference is (###/#####), my payroll number is ######.

I am (provided with # uniforms bearing the company logo/provided with # uniforms that conform to the appropriate infection control standards of the care industry).

I am obliged to launder the uniform, which is supplied to me by the company as there are no laundry facilities available to me. I therefore wish to claim an expenses allowance of £60 for each year since the above date.

(In addition I am required to buy shoes and trousers that conform to the company dress code). These cost me £##:## in the last year, and I have to purchase them yearly).

Yours Faithfully





(Your Name)
(Your Tax code)