Clothing Claim - allowable for tax?

[Bel]

Originally Posted by JeffreyC

Oh yes, and the female contractor who one month sent me a claim for clothing (very apt for this thread), receipts for places such as Top Shop and H&M. Stuff such as blouses and dresses.

I wrote to her explaining in much the same way as this thread has, and included a copy of our expenses guidelines.

The next month, we received a claim for a leather briefcase. I again had to mention "wholly, exclusively and necessarily".

Then the following month, I received a claim for professional photos and postage to Australia. I actually asked how either were for business purposes but she never replied.

You couldn't make it up.

Did she used to be an MP, by any chance?

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Originally Posted by curleyted

Contractors like that should be shot. There can't be many of them, surely?

We're probably in a different position to a lot of companies, but it's a rare event now we get anyone trying to claim something they shouldn't (and our expense team are good).

That said we've learned through experience to follow up certain sorts of receipts (frequently from small hotels or bedsits). It's so easy to just stick a 1 in front of the total.

As in all these situations the only ones that stick in your memory are the bad ones, it is very much a minority.