Claiming Expenses on Form 11

[Tomjim]

If I claim an expense as part of my annual return to revenue, do I need an actual invoice to back it up or will a record of the payment in my bank account be sufficient? Ie details of the payee on my bank account

 

[jpd]

You will need to be able to prove the expense in the unlikely event tha Revenue audit your tax return

Why do you not have an invoice or at least a receipt of payment for the expense- it seems impudent to pay money without a paper trail of some kind

 

[T McGibney]

To what sort of expense are you referring here, @Tomjim?

 

[Tomjim]

If I bought stuff in a hardware such as paint. If I paid a painter.

 

[Tomjim]

If I bought stuff in a hardware such as paint. If u paid a painter for painting a rental property. I would have invoices for some but not all

 

[T McGibney]

The more evidence you have, the easier it will be to justify your claim.

 

[jpd]

If you paid the painter in cash without an invoice, then it will be difficult to justify this expense

If you bought the paint in a store, then you should have a receipt or go back and ask for one