Use of home for storage

Use of home for storage

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I am preparing accounts and tax for a company that the owner uses for his business as a general builder. I have calculated the additional expenditure he can claim for using one room as an office for 3/4 hours a week. This is £378.62 and so I will use this instead of £4 a week.

The company also uses one room in the house for storage purposes - there is no garage. Based on the assumption that materials and tools are stored there 24 hours a day, then my calculation of the additional expenditure is £1,811.10. This includes 20% (one room of 5) of mortgage interest, electricity etc.

Would you:

(a) also enter this on the personal tax return, claim expenses and end up with nil taxable income

(b) enter as a company expense, but make no tax return entry

(c) do an agreement for storage charges of £200 a month, which is not an unreasonable amount for the company to pay, then show £2,400 rent received on the personal tax return, expenses of £1,811, net income of £589.

Any thoughts would be welcome

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James Reeves
By James Reeves
17th Sep 2014 13:08

Rewriting history?

Are you saying that there was no rental agreement in place between the owner and the company for use of the premises?

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By essex accountant
17th Sep 2014 13:30

agreement

there was no rental agreement in place.

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James Reeves
By James Reeves
17th Sep 2014 14:37

On what basis is it allowable?

essex accountant wrote:

there was no rental agreement in place.

The company has not incurred expenditure so it cannot be an allowable deduction for the company. I also cannot see a valid claim as an employee - no additional expenditure has been incurred for storage (presumably there is no need to light and heat the storage area), and other domestic expenses probably aren't allowable.

It would be best to setup a rental agreement between the company and the individual for the storage space going forward, but this won't help for past expenditure.

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By cbp99
17th Sep 2014 14:58

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James Reeves wrote:

essex accountant wrote:

there was no rental agreement in place.

The company has not incurred expenditure so it cannot be an allowable deduction for the company.

Would the same apply to the accountancy accrual if there was no documented agreement with an accountant at year end?

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By duncanedwards
17th Sep 2014 18:29

Presumably insofar

cbp99 wrote:

Would the same apply to the accountancy accrual if there was no documented agreement with an accountant at year end?

 

Presumably insofar as there was no agreement in place for the period for which an accrual would be made.

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By Portia Nina Levin
17th Sep 2014 14:17

You do know

That your storage space will not be eligible PPR if your client sells the property?

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By kirkr555
18th Sep 2014 10:40

Personal allowances using prior to dividends

HI there

when using an individuals PA as a salary (using as taxable expense within a company, Should the level be £7755 up to NHI threshold or tax threshold of £9440. There is no PAYE scheme , but would this make any difference

Dont want to get caught out with client getting charged NHI employees and emplyers rate if i use £9440

Your thoughts would be appreciated

 

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