There is still time for eligible staff to claim tax relief for additional costs associated with working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
If it was necessary for you to work at home because of Covid-19 and, as a result, your household costs increased, you may be eligible to claim the working from home tax relief<\/em>. It is quick, free and easy to claim via\u00a0HMRC\u2019s online portal.<\/p>\n You can apply for the backdated tax relief if you had to work from home because of Covid-19 during the 2 tax years from<\/strong> 6th<\/sup> April 2020 to 5th<\/sup> April 2022<\/strong>.\u00a0 HMRC \u00a0will accept backdated claims and has confirmed that 5th<\/sup> \u00a0April 2025<\/strong>\u00a0as the deadline for making claims for the 2020\/21 tax year<\/strong>, and until 5th<\/sup> April 2026<\/strong> for claims relating to 2021\/22<\/strong>. Please note that:<\/p>\n Eligible employees can claim tax relief based on their income tax rate. For example, if you normally pay 20% basic rate of tax and you claim tax relief on the standard \u2018Working from home\u2019 allowable cost of \u00a36 a week, you would receive \u00a31.20 a week in tax relief (20% of \u00a36 a week) towards the cost of your household bills. Higher rate taxpayer claimants would receive \u00a32.40 a week (40% of \u00a36 a week). Hence for each full year claimed for, basic rate taxpayers would achieve a tax saving of \u00a362.40, and for high rate taxpayers, a tax saving of \u00a3124.80. You will receive a lump sum payment for any successful backdated claims.<\/p>\n To claim for tax relief for working from home because of Covid-19,\u00a0employees can apply directly<\/a>\u00a0via the GOV.UK portal.<\/p>\n This communication is released in conjunction with the work of the Financial Wellbeing Group, whose broad aim is to help support University staff during the current cost of living crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n