Very well put.If you are travelling to the same small group of customers each week then it might be inferred that their premises is your normal place (or places) of work but if you are travelling to different sites at different times then you should be alright.
Is it in fact possible for me to instruct the accountant to treat the expenses as tax deductible - against his better judgement - or do I really need to start thinking about finding a new accountant at this stage ?
Do bear in mind that such Tax Briefings don't necessarily have legal effect and shouldn't be taken as Gospel.Have you read [broken link removed]? Your situation looks similar to their example 8 in which case you wouldn't be entitled to a deduction.
Have you read Revenue Tax Briefing 03/13? Your situation looks similar to their example 8 in which case you wouldn't be entitled to a deduction.
He's not opting to work from home instead of the clients office. His clients don't offer him a work space; he goes there for meetings and then leaves, going back to his place of work (his home) to execute the work agreed after the meeting with the client.The 'by choice' part is where she opts not to work at the client's premises and opts to work from home. Same as you.
There are similarities, but I don't work from home 'by choice' - it is my normal place of work. In the example above, there seems to be an implication that the individual has a choice of working at home - but has an alternative location where she can work, most likely in the premises of her own company. I don't have that option, so would argue that my expenses are necessarily incurred - and so should be deductible - no ?
Quite the paradox there. How on earth can clients dictate to a supposedly independent service provider that they must complete commissioned work at their home office?If Revenue were to query this, you'd need to be able to show that your only option is to work from home. For example, have you anything in writing from clients (contract or otherwise) stating the requirement that the work will be done at your home office?
What?!If Revenue were to query this, you'd need to be able to show that your only option is to work from home. For example, have you anything in writing from clients (contract or otherwise) stating the requirement that the work will be done at your home office?
They could write "we don't care where you do it but you sure as hell aren't doing it here" in a contract.
At the end of the day, what's written in the contract matters a lot less than the facts as to how things happen in practice.
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