Many teachers supplement their main income with exam marking which they often carry out at home. If your home is being used specifically for work purposes it is possible to make a claim for tax relief for the cost incurred for using your own home as an office. If you use your own home as an office you will typically incur the cost of electric, gas and water.
Teacher tax rebate for use of home rates
HMRC will normally allow a rate of £4 per week to be claimed from 6 April 2012 and £3 per week for all previous tax years. Itemised bills will usually only have to be provided if you claim more than the rate of £4 and £3 respectively.
It is possible to make a use of home claim for the previous four tax years with the latest tax year currently being 2008-2009. The deadline to make a claim for the 2008-2009 tax year is the 5th April 2013.
In addition to a teacher tax refund for use of home a claim for expenses such as professional fees and specialist clothing is also possible. For example a teacher who pays membership into the National Union of Teachers can claim an NUT tax rebate for 66.6% of the annual NUT fee.
In the same way a P.E teacher who buys sports related clothing for work purposes can claim tax relief on the cost on purchases like trainers and football boots.
