19th March 2015, 02:38 PM
BAJR Wrote:Accommodation issues stretch back to a rather officious taxman who decided that accommodation was a taxable addition to salary and so the individual would be charged on their tax... as well as hitting teh company for their slice as well.
Must see if this can be revised... as the tax man who created this must have moved on by now.
ps reasoned argument did not work
Doesn't the accomodation being a taxable benefit or allowable expense depend on how your contract is worded and where you are contracted to work?
Not an expert, but when self-employed my 'place of work' was my home, so any site work was away from my usual place of work, therefore accomodation was an allowable expense.
Now i'm employed to work at an office, any site work is now also away from my place of work so again is an allowable expense.
If, however, I was employed and my contract said my place of work was at the X site ()archaeological dig), and I was provided accomodation close to X it would become a taxable benefit.
This applies to everyone in the working world. Just in the same way if I get a new job working at an office and my employer provided accomodation close to it, its a taxable bonus.