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Tax exemption for home-office expenses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If your business has invested in equipment to help your team work from home – including laptops, desks, and office chairs – the spend is exempt from tax and national insurance contributions.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lots of businesses have had their typically office-based teams working from home since lockdown began on 23 March 2020. Wow, that feels like a lifetime ago!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the first couple of weeks, many of us realised we were in for a marathon, not a sprint. And since then, after accepting the dining chair<\/a> just doesn’t cut it, many have been investing in improving their homeworking areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Treasury has announced a tax and NICS exemption which came into effect on 11 June 2020 and runs until the end of the tax year 2020-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It covers anything your employees need to do their jobs from home eg office furniture<\/a>, internet access and computer equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse Norman, financial secretary to the Treasury, said: \u201cfor expenditure to be eligible for the tax relief it must have been obtained for the sole purpose of enabling the employee to work from home as a result of the coronavirus outbreak\u201d. Find out more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need anything for your team working from home you can shop our range here<\/a> or to find your ideal chair try out our new chair selector tool<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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