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PA Lorber v HMRC (No 2)

Local councillor: expenditure on communications

In PA Lorber v HMRC (No 2) (TC00986 – 1 March) a London borough councillor (L) received allowances from the council totalling £11 500 pa which were accepted as taxable. He claimed  deductions of £2 006 in respect of the use of his home as an office £1 200 for expenditure on communications to his constituents plus deductions for expenditure on childminding and on various subscriptions and publications. HMRC agreed to allow a deduction of £334 in respect of the use of one room in L’s home as an office but rejected the remainder of the claim. L appealed. The First-tier Tribunal allowed the claim for expenditure on communications holding that ‘the task of representing the community to the local authority demands that the councillor informs himself of the needs of the ward and informs the constituents of the...

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