Utilities

Allowable Expense?

Risk level?

Possibly 🟡

Low risk 😃

Summary

If you have separate business premises, you can claim the full cost of utilities for that space. If you work from home, you may expense a portion of your bills.

Detail

If you're using your home as your small business premises, you can use HMRC's flat rate which varies, depending on how many hours you spend working from home:

25-50 hours: £10 per month
51-100 hours: £18 per month
101 hours or more: £26 per month

HMRCs flat rate covers any rent and utilities. It does not cover phone or internet costs - you can expense the share of those that relates to your business.

If you have a separate business premises, you can expense all your costs for:

rent for business premises
business and water rates
utility bills
property insurance
security
phone and internet

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Website

The various costs that are incurred when you set up and run a website for your business can be claimed as expenses (e.g., hosting costs and domain name costs).

Allowable?

Risk level?

Allowable 🟢

Low risk 😃

Utilities

If you have separate business premises, you can claim the full cost of utilities for that space. If you work from home, you may expense a portion of your bills.

Allowable?

Risk level?

Possibly 🟡

Low risk 😃

Travel

Expenses you incur when you travel for business can normally be expensed if you're a sole trader. This does not include costs of travel between home and work.

Allowable?

Risk level?

Allowable 🟢

Low risk 😃