Allowable expenditure when claiming wear & tear

Allowable expenditure when claiming wear & tear

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Is a new front door treated as a repair when claiming wear and tear allowance, or is it a disallowable expense?

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By Portia Nina Levin
30th Oct 2014 14:59

I must confess

To never having sat on a door.

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By stepurhan
30th Oct 2014 15:28

Tried the guidance?

Your question indicates you don't have any real understanding of what the wear and tear allowance is.

Try reading the guidance and then maybe reconsider what you are asking.

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By Anonymoush
30th Oct 2014 16:12

Yes, tried the guidance!!

Well, all I'll say is I did read the guidance.

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By stepurhan
30th Oct 2014 16:31

All you will say

Anonymoush wrote:
Well, all I'll say is I did read the guidance.
For someone wanting free advice, you have a very hostile attitude. However, not wishing to be seen as unhelpful, let me give you a couple of pointers to the bits you don't appear to have read properly.

Read the list of what wear and tear allowance covers. Consider what all the listed items have in common and whether that common quality could apply to a front door.

Then read the description of the sort of expenses you can deduct to get to the relevant rental amount for calculating the allowance. Then consider carefully whether a new front door really fits that description.

If this continues to stump you, give serious consideration to paying for someone who knows what they are doing to handle this.

By the way, since you don't seem to have a handle on the purpose of wear and tear, I should point out King_Maker's answer is relevant to deductibility in general, not for wear and tear allowance purposes.

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By Anonymoush
30th Oct 2014 16:55

I really appreciate your advice and for pointing me in the right direction. Apologies for appearing hostile.

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By King_Maker
30th Oct 2014 16:17

Yes - unless the new door is an "improvement" (which I should think is unlikely).

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By King_Maker
30th Oct 2014 16:39

I should have been more specific. :(

A new door would be classed as a repair (of the property), and nothing to do with the 10% W&T.

HMRC's on-line Manuals are usually a good place to start.

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