really? an electrician in southampton has his tickets written off as an expense and gets a tax rebate for it?
Mmmm, this is a tricky one, and you would be suprised at the amount of time we get asked questions of this nature. We will do our best to explain. A southampton electrician getting a tax rebate for the football, dear oh dear, whatever next.
So, if our friend down in sunny Southampton were to pop along to his local team and watch a match, due to him feeling like, well, watching a football match. Well, then no. Of course this isn't an expense as all work expenses that are claimable on your annual tax return have to be 'wholly and exclusively' for work purposes.
So an electrician watching his favourite team on his day off definitely does not count.
However, the strange thing is that should our electrician friend be in the process of selling his services to a juicy new client, and in order to persuade him to give him their business has treated his new prospect to an afternoon of corporate hospitality at the football. Then theoretically, the expenditure on the client is technically a business expense. However also technically the expenditure for himself is not.
As it could be argued that he was watching the football for reasons that were 'other' than wholly and exclusively business purposes, whereas the guy standing next to him was only there as a result of a business invite.
We won't lie, this is definitely a grey area, and most definitely open for interpretation. And we would advise a very healthy dose of sensible thinking if this is something that you are claiming. It could be okay, but be prepared, it is also a tax expense that could be challenged by our illustrious leaders at HMRC.
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