I am currently employed full time and as such paid PAYE by my employer. In reality I work reduced hours due to a reduction in work coming into the company and recovery from serious heart surgery. My salary has been significantly reduced but I am on paper still employed full time. In order to prop up my income I took on a couple of projects that I was offered as a sole trader since I have no limited company. I therefore need to complete a self assessment to declare the additional income. I also took on a role in a team that organises and runs a not-for-profit business conference and I also volunteer to run industry user groups which are in my local city about an hour away.
What I have been struggling to clarify is what I can claim as expenses against the private work and therefore offset against my additional income on the self assessment I now need to submit. From what I have read I believe I can claim for:
- Travel/mileage at standard rates for meetings I attend
- Stationary/Office expenses incurred as part of this work (pads, pens, printer ink, paper etc)
Can I claim for any of the following?
- Travel and expenses incurred as part of organising business related conferences and events?
- Travel expenses incurred attending training/business events?
- Hardware, i.e. laptop upgrades?
- Percentage of use of mobile phone?
- Anything else?
I appreciate any thoughts you might have on the above, thanks.
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Looks like you are:-
1. Employed.
2. Doing project work as self employed.
3. Organise business conferences.
4. Have a voluntary role.
5. Struggling to understand the tax situation.
Presumably you are paid for 1. to 3. ?
Do you not think it appropriate to pay for proper advice from someone who understands 5. ?