MC Tax Expense?

[Moon]

Evening mate, this sounds very odd to me. For example if a person is disabled and needs meds to be able to work then it shouldn't matter its MC. But thank god I'm not an accountant so can't advise lol but what I mean is this situation must of existed with normal meds...

This sort of grey https://www.thefriendlyaccountants....t=If you're a sole,the purposes of your trade.

 

[node]

She said its the same grey area over normal meds being tax exempt. I will keep researching. We need an accountant on MC and hanging here.

Incredible really, I could see it being a common scenario. I would claim anyway, put the money aside in case they want it back?

 

[Moon]

Incredible really, I could see it being a common scenario. I would claim anyway, put the money aside in case they want it back?

That is a good idea. Will keep looking and deciding best course.

 

[node]

That is a good idea. Will keep looking and deciding best course.

Its such a lot of money even if you only get 10% of it thats a months meds.

 

[MigraineMan]

She said its the same grey area over normal meds being tax exempt. I will keep researching. We need an accountant on MC and hanging here.

I'm not certified but I'm part qualified. I would speak with the Citizens Advice Bureau if you can as you will get conflicting info like below on the internet....





If the CAB are no use then as @node says just claim it when you do P11D and if they reject it they reject it

 

[Delta 9]

What about a venty or mighty plus could that be claimed also

 

[MigraineMan]

What about a venty or mighty plus could that be claimed also

It's all medical related so I would say yes, also given that personal use of cannabis is illegal I would say everything is 100% medical expense no business/personal split.

 

[node]

It's all medical related so I would say yes, also given that personal use of cannabis is illegal I would say everything is 100% medical expense no business/personal split.

Fantastic. This could be huge for people working, perhaps even paye?

 

[MigraineMan]

If it qualifies as exempt then PAYE also yes.

Has anyone tried to claim for it on their medical insurance? A lot of companies offer health insurance as a benefit now and I know that is because it's a deductible for them...

Expenses and benefits: medical or dental treatment and insurance

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing medical or dental treatment and insurance

www.gov.uk

 

[Moon]

What about a venty or mighty plus could that be claimed also

I'm about 1k in on the gear!

 

[MigraineMan]

I'm about 1k in on the gear!

1 home vape and 1 portable may be a limit I think if you try and put through 15 bongs in a year, unless you claim breakages (sound policy, carry on)

 

[Moon]

1 home vape and 1 portable may be a limit I think if you try and put through 15 bongs in a year, unless you claim breakages (sound policy, carry on)

Pax, mighty, press, ruby twist, chugga, dabbing pen, and all the associated bits.

 

[BudGuy]

I'm no expert but I feel like it could be argued.

I'm 100% sure, for example, that if a company hires a person in a desk job who presents one day with back complaints, then they're bound by law to provide that person with a chair that allows them to do their work with their condition, an orthopedic chair if you will. And that would definitely be an allowable business expense for a medical intervention. I've worked with such people in the past, I've also worked with unusually short and tall people who need whole new suites of equipment like specialist desks and chairs just to be able to do the basics. Maybe it's not a legal requirement, but most large companies will comply with requests like that, and most certainly write it off.

It then stands to reason that a self-employed person would be able to make a similar claim. For example a person with a missing leg could live comfortably without a prosthetic leg, but one day decides they want to be a lumberjack, so now a prosthetic leg is a necessary business expense but purely only for business use - he only wears the leg when he's at work and has no need for it otherwise. Again, a medical device is an allowable business expense in this scenario. I don't see the government arguing in court that an inspiring lumberjack like that should be fined because he could theoretically technically cut down trees without the prosthetic leg if he really really gave it a jolly good go.

Then from there's it's not much of a stretch to go to a MC patient. If, for example, their MC is prescribed for social anxiety, but they're actually happy to live with social anxiety as a hermit... and therefore only needs to interact with people purely for business purposes, and therefore only needs their prescription for business purposes, then I don't see how it's any different from the legless lumberjack who can't cut down trees without a prescribed prosthetic leg - you're a socially anxious complaints call handler who can't dispatch irate clients without prescribed medical cannabis.

That combined with the fact that you're allowed to divvy up your electricity bill and home expenses for the business portion of their use means I don't see why you can't estimate the portion of your MC that wouldn't be necessary if it wasn't for work requirements interacting with your symptoms.

 

[BudGuy]

1 home vape and 1 portable may be a limit I think if you try and put through 15 bongs in a year, unless you claim breakages (sound policy, carry on)

You could argue that to minimise cross contamination of day-time and night-time strain then you actually need two of each type of vape.

And yes, bongs are a serviceable item for sure. I claimed a 50 pack of rulers on my expenses 3 years running because I just for the life of me cannot stop losing rulers. People steal them, that's a business loss.

 

[MigraineMan]

Had to LOL as I'm a mare for rulers, not so much losing them just needing different kinds, you'd be surprised how many there are

 

[BudGuy]

Had to LOL as I'm a mare for rulers, not so much losing them just needing different kinds, you'd be surprised how many there are

Aye but there's only one ruler to ruler them all ruler.