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Working in the music
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The Tax Acts state that, as a
Connect self-employed individual, you
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are entitled to claim for
Musicians
expenses incurred wholly
Bookkeeping
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Union structure, rules, Template
purpose of trade.
Sections, Regions, contacts
The tax authorities will only allow
Learn expenses which come within this
Events, publications, denition.
students, updates
Luckily, this does cover most of the
expenses you are likely to come
Join across. If you can demonstrate to
Membership & benets the tax authorities that the
expenditure was incurred as a direct
result of your work as a musician
then he will be quite happy.
Need help There are, however, a few borderline
urgently? cases where you may have to
negotiate. For example, stage
clothes are a very grey area, and
Contact Us could fall under the notion of
duality, as they have a duality of
purpose. Some Inspectors have in
the past claimed that clothes were
not allowable as they served a dual
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Motoring expenses
These include road tax, insurance,
oil, petrol, servicing, repairs, spares,
cleaning materials, tyres, AA/RAC
subscription, interest charged on a
loan for vehicle purchase, car hire,
garage rent (this must actually be
paid out, i.e. you cannot claim for
the garage on the side of your
home).
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Other expenses
Stage clothes: Clothes that you
only wear on stage can be claimed
for 100% of the cost.
Overnight accommodation:
Where the trip necessitates one or
more nights away from home, the
hotel accommodation and
reasonable costs of overnight
subsistence are deductible. The
costs of lunches are not normally
allowable, unless you are travelling
on business (for example, you are
on a train from London to
Edinburgh), in which case modest
expenses may be deducted.
Instrument insurance
Instrument repairs
Accountancy fees
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Subscriptions to business
magazines: For example, Music
Week, Guitarist, Gramophone,
Rhythm.
CD/Cassette/DVD/MP3 player:
You may have to convince the Tax
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CDs/cassettes/DVDs/MP3s: You
will probably have to argue with the
Tax Inspector over the allowable
amount. Do not be frightened to
argue, but do not be too greedy.
Professional subscriptions:
Annual subscriptions of a
professional nature. (Please refer to
the item MU Subscriptions An
allowable deduction? below)
Now we come to a
couple of expenses
that are a little more
complicated
Use of your home as an oce:
According to the tax authorities, if
you set aside an identiable part of
your home and use it solely for
business (e.g. if you use a room or
part of one only as an oce) then a
proportion of running costs, such as
insurance, heat and light and
mortgage interest, is allowable.
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MU Subscriptions an allowable
deduction?
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