Slash your heating bills: Tax relief tips for self-employed and home workers Finance experts are advising self-employed individuals and those working from home that they might be able to claim a portion of their heating and household bills against their tax bill.
However, you cannot claim tax relief if you choose to work from home, including if your employment contract allows you to work from home some or all of the time, or if your employer has an office but you can't go there sometimes because it's full.
Similarly, you could be eligible to claim tax relief for additional household expenses if you're required to work from home for all or part of the week.
Tax relief can be claimed if you're required to work from home, such as if your job necessitates living far from your office or if your employer doesn't have an office.
Mike Parkes, technical director at GoSimpleTax, explained: "It is possible to claim for electricity and gas bills – to do this, self-employed people need to reliably and accurately work out the proportion of business and personal use.
