I have claimed this successfully in the past (2016) but you do get asked a lot of questions and it is pro rata - if you end up working at home for 3 months let's say 60 days you have to prove it, and you will then only get the proportion of days in the year you worked at home as opposed to in the office. You need evidence that your job is asking you to work at home. If your company is paying for eg broadband they will ask about that too. My guess is if a lot of people claim it this year Revenue will have to streamline the claims process.
The Revenue allow €3.20 per day to cover the extra cost of being at home.
Your employer can pay this tax free. There is no obligation on them to do so.
If your employer won't pay the 3.20 directly but they are asking you to work from home, if you can prove your homeworking expenses (eg electricity bills/proportion of and why) Revenue will let you claim it that way. My employer paid broadband at a flat monthly rate to all homeworkers but nothing else. Which made it extra complex. But working from home is great.Hi, can you please clarify exactly what you’re saying you claimed from Revenue?
€3.20 per day worked at home, or what?
If your employer won't pay the 3.20 directly but they are asking you to work from home, if you can prove your homeworking expenses (eg electricity bills/proportion of and why) Revenue will let you claim it that way. My employer paid broadband at a flat monthly rate to all homeworkers but nothing else. Which made it extra complex. But working from home is great.
It’s about what is reasonable. Floor area, number of people, and time are all relevant.
Is it reasonable to recognise reality and apply common sense?
I live alone. I renewed BB last week (Cancelled at Christmas) purely because of this outbreak. I an out of pocket by toilet roll quite a bit and this is a valuable commodity now apparently. I also have showers in work (towels are supplied). I don't have a company phone. My gym is closed. I don't see the government making any special provisions for me !This is manifestly incorrect / inappropriate. Most people don’t live alone, so that approach ignores this very relevant fact.
Secondly, the majority of electricity usage in a household will be on devices that have no relevance to e-working. From an electricity POV you only have lighting and running of work devices, a couple of units of electricity a day, max.
Heating wise, if you don’t live alone, you’re gonna have the heating on anyway at the moment - so the incremental cost from e-working is nil or negligible (a fraction of a fraction).
Broadband wise, if you already have a BB service, I don’t see how you can argue that some portion of the cost is wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the performance of the duties of employment.
I live alone. I renewed BB last week (Cancelled at Christmas) purely because of this outbreak. I an out of pocket by toilet roll quite a bit and this is a valuable commodity now apparently. I also have showers in work (towels are supplied). I don't have a company phone. My gym is closed. I don't see the government making any special provisions for me !
I live alone. I renewed BB last week (Cancelled at Christmas) purely because of this outbreak. I an out of pocket by toilet roll quite a bit and this is a valuable commodity now apparently. I also have showers in work (towels are supplied). I don't have a company phone. My gym is closed. I don't see the government making any special provisions for me !
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