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nickyf 13 Apr 18 11.25am
My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? I know if you have a uniform supplied and you wash it yourself but can you claim a tax change so you pay a little less tax can you get the same thing when buying your own stationery?
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nickyf 13 Apr 18 11.25am

My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? I know if you have a uniform supplied and you wash it yourself but can you claim a tax change so you pay a little less tax can you get the same thing when buying your own stationery?

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stuckinbristol In the woodwork. 13 Apr 18 12.39pm
Originally posted by nickyf My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? I know if you have a uniform supplied and you wash it yourself but can you claim a tax change so you pay a little less tax can you get the same thing when buying your own stationery? From Gov.com You might be able to claim tax relief if: you use your own money for things that you must buy for your job you only use these things for your work You can’t claim tax relief if your employer either gives you: all the money back an alternative, for example your employer gives you a laptop but you want a different type or model You must have paid tax in the year. You’ll get tax relief based on what you’ve spent and the rate at which you pay tax.
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Originally posted by nickyf

From Gov.com

You might be able to claim tax relief if:

you use your own money for things that you must buy for your job
you only use these things for your work
You can’t claim tax relief if your employer either gives you:

all the money back
an alternative, for example your employer gives you a laptop but you want a different type or model
You must have paid tax in the year. You’ll get tax relief based on what you’ve spent and the rate at which you pay tax.

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YT Oxford 13 Apr 18 1.01pm
Originally posted by nickyf My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? I know if you have a uniform supplied and you wash it yourself but can you claim a tax change so you pay a little less tax can you get the same thing when buying your own stationery? Paper cuts. Aren’t they the worst? Sorry to joke. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs, but hopefully the first sensible reply helps your wife. However I’m assuming HMRC won’t reimburse her for the full amount she’s had to spend, otherwise companies would start telling employees to buy their own desks, chairs, office buildings... Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)
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Oxford 13 Apr 18 1.01pm

Originally posted by nickyf

Paper cuts. Aren’t they the worst?

Sorry to joke. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs, but hopefully the first sensible reply helps your wife. However I’m assuming HMRC won’t reimburse her for the full amount she’s had to spend, otherwise companies would start telling employees to buy their own desks, chairs, office buildings...

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

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Stuk Top half 13 Apr 18 1.12pm
I'm fairly sure they cannot do that. If the company says she requires the stationary to do her job, they have to provide it or reimburse her for it. A few restaurants got done for similar things to this in regard to uniform, which was wear your own black skirt/trousers or shoes etc. Wagamama blamed "an inadvertent misunderstanding" of the rules on staff uniforms for the blunder. The company said it had asked front-of-house staff to wear black jeans or a black skirt with their Wagamama-branded top. This was considered as asking them to buy a form of uniform, "and so we should have paid them for it," it said. A TGI Fridays statement said the firm had reimbursed team members for a shoe allowance. The firm added: "This is a historic payment which was paid last year, and we have since reimbursed team members for the purchase of their black uniform shoes." Optimistic as ever
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Stuk

Top half 13 Apr 18 1.12pm

I'm fairly sure they cannot do that. If the company says she requires the stationary to do her job, they have to provide it or reimburse her for it.

A few restaurants got done for similar things to this in regard to uniform, which was wear your own black skirt/trousers or shoes etc.

Wagamama blamed "an inadvertent misunderstanding" of the rules on staff uniforms for the blunder.

The company said it had asked front-of-house staff to wear black jeans or a black skirt with their Wagamama-branded top.

This was considered as asking them to buy a form of uniform, "and so we should have paid them for it," it said.

A TGI Fridays statement said the firm had reimbursed team members for a shoe allowance.

The firm added: "This is a historic payment which was paid last year, and we have since reimbursed team members for the purchase of their black uniform shoes."

Optimistic as ever

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chateauferret 13 Apr 18 2.16pm
I'm afraid that I'd think a company so strapped for cash that it was trying this sort of s*** was desparate and about to go down the toilet. Unless of course it's Amazon. Don't stand for it. Failure to give you the tools you need to do your job is constructive dismissal (unless it's specified in the contract and even then it's dodgy - the only sensible example I can think of is professional musicians who play their own instruments because of their personal relationship with them). ============ The Ferret ============
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13 Apr 18 2.16pm

I'm afraid that I'd think a company so strapped for cash that it was trying this sort of s*** was desparate and about to go down the toilet. Unless of course it's Amazon.

Don't stand for it. Failure to give you the tools you need to do your job is constructive dismissal (unless it's specified in the contract and even then it's dodgy - the only sensible example I can think of is professional musicians who play their own instruments because of their personal relationship with them).

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Midlands Eagle 13 Apr 18 5.41pm
Originally posted by nickyf My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? Time to look for another job before the Administrators come marching in
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Originally posted by nickyf

My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery?

Time to look for another job before the Administrators come marching in

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DanH SW2 13 Apr 18 7.31pm
Originally posted by Stuk I'm fairly sure they cannot do that. If the company says she requires the stationary to do her job, they have to provide it or reimburse her for it. A few restaurants got done for similar things to this in regard to uniform, which was wear your own black skirt/trousers or shoes etc. Wagamama blamed "an inadvertent misunderstanding" of the rules on staff uniforms for the blunder. The company said it had asked front-of-house staff to wear black jeans or a black skirt with their Wagamama-branded top. This was considered as asking them to buy a form of uniform, "and so we should have paid them for it," it said. A TGI Fridays statement said the firm had reimbursed team members for a shoe allowance. The firm added: "This is a historic payment which was paid last year, and we have since reimbursed team members for the purchase of their black uniform shoes." This is correct.
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SW2 13 Apr 18 7.31pm

Originally posted by Stuk

I'm fairly sure they cannot do that. If the company says she requires the stationary to do her job, they have to provide it or reimburse her for it.

A few restaurants got done for similar things to this in regard to uniform, which was wear your own black skirt/trousers or shoes etc.

Wagamama blamed "an inadvertent misunderstanding" of the rules on staff uniforms for the blunder.

The company said it had asked front-of-house staff to wear black jeans or a black skirt with their Wagamama-branded top.

This was considered as asking them to buy a form of uniform, "and so we should have paid them for it," it said.

A TGI Fridays statement said the firm had reimbursed team members for a shoe allowance.

The firm added: "This is a historic payment which was paid last year, and we have since reimbursed team members for the purchase of their black uniform shoes."

This is correct.

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eagleman13 On The Road To Hell & Alicante 13 Apr 18 8.04pm
Originally posted by nickyf My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? I know if you have a uniform supplied and you wash it yourself but can you claim a tax change so you pay a little less tax can you get the same thing when buying your own stationery? OOO....Didn't know that. Can anyone enlighten me on this please(& thank you) This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.
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On The Road To Hell & Alicante 13 Apr 18 8.04pm

Originally posted by nickyf

My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? I know if you have a uniform supplied and you wash it yourself but can you claim a tax change so you pay a little less tax can you get the same thing when buying your own stationery?

OOO....Didn't know that.

Can anyone enlighten me on this please(& thank you)

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

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nickyf 15 Apr 18 5.33pm
Originally posted by eagleman13 OOO....Didn't know that. Can anyone enlighten me on this please(& thank you) [Link]
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nickyf 15 Apr 18 5.33pm

Originally posted by eagleman13

OOO....Didn't know that.

Can anyone enlighten me on this please(& thank you)

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paperhat croydon 19 Apr 18 10.20am
Originally posted by nickyf My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? I know if you have a uniform supplied and you wash it yourself but can you claim a tax change so you pay a little less tax can you get the same thing when buying your own stationery? tax or no tax, i'd be looking for another job. however good she feels it is or however nice the people there are, if the staff have to buy their own stuff, that company is pointing one way only and it ain't up Clinton is Clinton. I have known him for a long time, I know his mother... Simon Jordan
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croydon 19 Apr 18 10.20am

Originally posted by nickyf

My wife works for a company who have cut back on stationery, they have been told they will have to buy there own stationery? I know if you have a uniform supplied and you wash it yourself but can you claim a tax change so you pay a little less tax can you get the same thing when buying your own stationery?

tax or no tax, i'd be looking for another job. however good she feels it is or however nice the people there are, if the staff have to buy their own stuff, that company is pointing one way only and it ain't up

Clinton is Clinton. I have known him for a long time, I know his mother... Simon Jordan

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