I have claimed a tool tax rebate before, can I claim again?

Yes, you just need to take into account any changes to your tax code that already incorporates some tax relief,

You can commonly claim tax relief when you have to purchase tools to perform your job, for example if you are a car mechanic or someone in the building industry.

To be eligible for tax relief the tools must be paid for by you and only used for work purposes.

You can make a tool tax rebate claim at the end of each tax year, if you have purchased tools in that year. If you have found additional receipts for previous years that you have already claimed for it is usually still possible to claim for these items, provided the receipts clearly show the date, description and cost.

After your first claim

After an initial claim, HMRC assumes that you will continue to incur the same level of work expenses during the rest of your career.

So, they adjust your tax code to incorporate this amount, which reduces your tax payments and means that you do not have to submit a tax rebate claim for this same expense in the future.

Use can use our free mechanic tax rebate guide to discover how much you are owed and how to get a claim started.