Employees working from home have been able to claim a tax break using a P87 form with many doing so since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Indeed, much has been written about how to claim for the £6 a week tax break with the option being available for anyone who has worked from home, even if just for a day, in the last year.
With thousands claiming their tax break, HMRC has revamped their system, with a brand new microservice to simplify the process to make it as simple as possible to claim back.
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Speaking to Martin Lewis, of moneysavingexpert.com, HMRC said: "We recognise that the working-from-home situation is very fluid this year, so we're accepting claims for the full year's expenses.
"That includes even if people have only worked from home for some of the year, to avoid needing to contact us if you have to work from home again."
If your office was closed or if you have worked from home you will be able to claim for a tax break to claim back for additional costs such as heating and electricity.
To make the process easy, HMRC says that claims in line with the employers' payment (ie, for £6 a week) will not need to justify that figure – meaning you won't need to keep receipts or prove information.
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The claim through the HMRC microsite will automatically apply the whole 2020/21 tax year's relief via your tax code. Anyone making a claim for this tax year, who hasn't already put in a claim, can use it.
In order to make a successful claim, you will need to have a Government Gateway ID. If you don't have one, you can create one as part of the process. You can also add any other expenses that you wish to claim back.
Although claiming for expenses, you will not get money back but rather your tax code will be altered, meaning less tax will be taken off.
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