Employee working from home expenses

Lunaarli

I've googled this question but can't find any answers online or on boards (apart from sole trader help)

I'm starting work next week for a company I worked for before (IT company based in Carlow)
They're allowing me to work from home on a full time basis, I will have to go to any important meetings (on average 1/2 per month)

I will be working from home for six months (covering maternity leave)

Am I entitled to any tax relief does anyone know!?

gerrybbadd

Lunaarli wrote: »

I've googled this question but can't find any answers online or on boards (apart from sole trader help)

I'm starting work next week for a company I worked for before (IT company based in Carlow)
They're allowing me to work from home on a full time basis, I will have to go to any important meetings (on average 1/2 per month)

I will be working from home for six months (covering maternity leave)

Am I entitled to any tax relief does anyone know!?

What expense will you be incurring in working from home? You won't be due deductible expenses in travelling to work for meetings.

There is a daily rate allowance for e-workers. Here's some further details

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it69.html

Lunaarli

gerrybbadd wrote: »

What expense will you be incurring in working from home? You won't be due deductible expenses in travelling to work for meetings.

There is a daily rate allowance for e-workers. Here's some further details

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it69.html

Thanks a lot for responding!
Well, I work from home 8:30 - 5pm Mon-Fri.
I have heat and electricity during those hours (house would be empty if I was in an office)
I got a landline and internet for work purposes and I suppose that's it.
I usually get the train when I have to get to the office but that's just normal I guess!

Heisenburg81

gerrybbadd wrote: »

What expense will you be incurring in working from home? You won't be due deductible expenses in travelling to work for meetings.

There is a daily rate allowance for e-workers. Here's some further details

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it69.html

Interesting. Thanks for link.
Could a close company director e working on behalf of his company claim this if working from home. Company has more than one client of course 😆

barneystinson

Heisenburg81 wrote: »

Interesting. Thanks for link.
Could a close company director e working on behalf of his company claim this if working from home. Company has more than one client of course 😆

Where do they usually work?

Heisenburg81

barneystinson wrote: »

Where do they usually work?

In business premises.
However, as with all business people a lot of "out of hours" work is done in the evenings and weekends at home.

wally1990

Eworkers expenses are only available to those where they is an objective requirement to work from home .
People who bring work home or chooses to perform duties of their work from home does not count
A director/employee billable hours must be from their home

Stheno

barneystinson wrote: »

Where do they usually work?

I'm interested in this as I'm completely mobile, I either work on customer sites on behalf of one of the two companies I am contracted to, or from home.

I would very occasionally (maybe 10 days in a year) work from the office of the people to whom I am contracted.

wally1990

If you operate through a ltd company and contracted to 2 end client: employers . Expenses incurred and offset need to be for the relevant income

For client A . If you work at customer sites then it could be deemed that's your normal place of work if a desk or facilities are made available to you

For client B it seems like there is no facilities provided and an objective requirement to perform the role from your home then e workers may be available for this income

Again choosing to work from home or bringing work home does not count


The client should actually require you to work from home

If an office / facilities are made available to you and you chose to work from home then offsetting expenses for a home office may be disallowed in the event of an audit

It should be a black/white situation and agreed from the offset with the end client on how the duties of the employment will be performed

If you work part time in the office and part time at home . Then revenue Deem the work base to be the office

Try not to over complicate it and think of different situations because some contractors /people do in the hope they can try to claim expenses

It's is either allowed or disallowed (correct or incorrect) from a tax view point

Any queries I'd contact your particular accountant

Stheno

For both it's agree from the outside that apart from work on customer sites, I will work from home by default.

wally1990

Then in such case it appears that e workers is available /allowable if required on a full time basis to work from home with ad hoc visits to customer sites