Allowances for homeworking

Working from home

Allowances for homeworking

October 13, 2021

Allowances for homeworking  If your employees are required to work from home, even on a part-time basis, you can pay them a tax-free allowance of £6 per week. This allowance is designed to compensate for additional electricity, gas or water consumed while working at home. Where the employee uses their own telephone for business, you

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Working from home

Can I claim working from Home?

January 22, 2021

Where you are required to work at home, your employer can pay you a tax-free allowance of £6 per week (or £26 per month). For periods before 6 April 2020, the tax-free allowance was £4 per week (or £18 per month). This allowance covers the additional costs incurred by using your home as a workplace,

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