Our guide to what you can claim for when working from home

If you run your own business and use your home as an office, you can claim back costs for this. There are two ways which you can claim back the costs of using your home as an office.

You can claim using flat rates which are set by HMRC (sometimes also known as ‘simplified expenses’). To able to claim using simplified expenses, you must use your home as an office for a minimum of 25 hours each month. You can also claim for using your home as an office, by calculating the proportion of your home that is used for business.

Watch our video guide to learn about each method of claiming for using an office in your home.