Job based clothing allowance

[maison]

Is it true that if you teach/lecture you can claim tax credits on a clothing allowance? If so how do you do this?

 

[Me&mi]

Yes it's true. Just ring up the tax office and they put it on your PAYE allowances. Think it's about(not sure of the exact amount) €600 at 20%. ie €120 in reality.

 

[webtax]

Yes it's true. Just ring up the tax office and they put it on your PAYE allowances. Think it's about(not sure of the exact amount) €600 at 20%. ie €120 in reality.

is this separate to the expenses in employment credit teachers get which is a general one, not related to clothing allowance?

 

[Me&mi]

Actually probably not Webtax. I've done both teaching and working in a hosp and you get more of a tax credit as a teacher. I just assumed it was for clothing as in hosp work it's supposed to be for uniforms ect.

 

[Traceybere]

Is the clothing allowance you are talking about only for teacher or can other people apply for it?

 

[Thrifty]

Only appears to be teachers and those in that kindof field- i was entitled to it when i did some supervision work a few years ago and only realise what the benefit was when it stopped the following year when i got a different job. Don't know why the allowance was ever given - must be for those leather patches that were needed on the elbows of the jackets to show you were a teacher!

 

[Protocol]

This is known as the flat-rate expenses allowance.

See here:

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