Doctors’ Tax Relief Information
The vast majority of doctors will be eligible to claim for doctors’ tax relief on professional fees and professional indemnity insurance. If you use your own car to travel to different hospitals, surgeries, or other work locations, your can claim business mileage. In addition, if you purchase any of your own medical equipment, you can apply for tax relief on these purchases.
On completion of a doctors’ tax relief claim for professional fees and professional indemnity insurance, your tax code should increase. This will result in less tax being paid in future tax years without doing the paperwork, unless your circumstances change.
On this page you will find information about:
Doctors’ Tax Relief for Professional Fees
The criteria:
- You meet the cost of the professional fee into an allowable professional body.
- You are not reimbursed for the cost of the allowable professional fee by your employer.
Which professional bodies are allowable by HMRC?
It is not possible to claim doctors tax relief for all professional bodies paid into by doctors. You can check if the professional body you belong to is on HMRC’s list, which is publicly available and regularly updated.
Doctors’ Tax Relief for Professional Indemnity Insurance
The criteria:
- You meet the cost of the allowable Professional Indemnity Insurance.
- Your employer doesn’t reimburse you for this cost.
Doctors’ Tax Relief for Business Use of Car
The criteria:
- You use your own car, not for normal commuting from home to your usual place of employment, but to different locations. Such as, travelling to different clinics, hospitals or patients’ homes.
- Your employer requires that you move workplace to another location for a period that is expected to be for less than 24 months.
- If you use your own vehicle and you are paid the full mileage rate by your employer, but this mileage payment is taxed.
- If you use your own vehicle and you are not reimbursed the full mileage rate of 45p per mile up to 10,000 miles and 25p thereafter by your employer. You can claim the difference from HMRC.
- You can provide business mileage records which show the mileage incurred, along with any reimbursement made by your employer.
How much can I claim?
The business mileage allowable is affected by any mileage allowance paid to you by your employer and if that allowance is taxed or untaxed. The allowable mileage rates for the 2012-2013 tax year are:
- 45p per mile up to 10,000 miles and
- 25p per mile from the 10,000 miles mark
Any mileage allowance by your employer has to be deducted if the mileage allowance is not taxed
The total mileage allowance figure calculated is not the total amount of tax due back. The amount due back is either at 20% or 40% of the total mileage allowance figure. Tax relief is paid at the highest rate of income tax you pay.
A mileage claim can be made for the last four tax years.
Doctors’ Tax Relief for Tools and Equipment
The criteria for doctors claiming tax relief for tools and equipment are:
- The tools and equipment are purchased solely for work purposes.
- The tools and equipment are not reimbursed by your employer.
- Proof of purchase can be provided showing the date and cost.
How much can I can claim back?
The amount due back is dependent on which tax year the purchase was made and if a capital allowances claim has to be made for the purchase. A guideline would be 15% to 20% of the purchase total depending on your tax bracket.
For further Tax Refund information, please follow the links below:
Tax Refunds by Employment
Healthcare Worker Tax Rebates includes:
Can I Claim Tax Relief for Professional Fees?
Can I Claim Tax Relief for the Cost of Shoes and Tights?
What about Tax Relief for Laundry Costs?
Can I claim Tax Relief for Business Mileage?
Can I claim Tax Relief for Specialist Equipment?Nurse Tax Refunds includes:
Nurse Tax relief for the cost of laundering of Uniform
Nurse Tax relief for the cost of shoes and tights
Nurse Tax relief for professional fees – RCN Tax, Unison Tax, NMC Tax
Nurse Tax Relief for use of own car or public transport for work purposesTeacher Tax Refunds includes:
Teacher Tax Relief for professional fees – NUT tax relief, NASUWT tax relief.
Teacher Tax Relief Books and Journals
Teacher Tax Relief for specialist clothing
Teacher Tax Relief for Equipment Purchased for Work Use
Teacher Tax Relief for qualifying travelling expenses- Tax Relief for Washing of Uniform includes:
Am I Eligible for Uniform Tax Relief for Washing Uniform?
What am I actually claiming back?
How much will I get from a Uniform Tax Relief claim?
Can I claim for any other Tax Relief? Mechanic Tax Claim Refunds includes:
Tool Tax relief– What are Flat Rate Expenses?
Tool Tax relief– What are Capital Allowances?
What About Tax Relief for Specialist Clothing?Tax Claim Refunds for Trades / Construction Industry Workers under PAYE includes:
Can I claim Tax Relief for Business Mileage?
Can I Claim Tax Relief for other using Public Transport?
What about Accommodation and Subsistence?
Tool Tax Refund: What are Flat Rate Expenses
Tool Tax Refund – What are Capital Allowances?
Can I Claim Tax Relief for Specialist Clothing?Police Tax Refunds includes:
Police Officers Tax Relief for the Cost Of Laundering Uniform
Police Tax Relief for the cost of Police Federation Fees
Police Tax Relief for Business use of own car or public transport for work purposesStudent Tax Refund includes:
If I am a student can I claim a Student Tax Refund?
What About if I work during the Summer?
Tax Refunds for Expenses
Business Mileage Tax Refunds includes:
What is Business Mileage?
What counts as a Temporary Workplace?
What are the Business Mileage Rate Allowances?
Travel Expenses – Can I claim any further Tax Relief?Travel Expenses Tax Refunds includes:
When can I claim tax relief (business mileage) for travel to a temporary workplace?
When can I claim tax relief (business mileage) for travelling to work in different locations?
If I use public transport can I claim tax relief for a travel card?
When can I claim tax relief for Subsistence and accommodation?
Do I need to use the cheapest transport or accommodation to claim tax relief?
Travel Expenses – How much can I claim?Subsistence Expenses Tax Refunds includes:
What Is Subsistence?
What Is A Temporary Workplace?
Do I Need Records?
My Employer Reimburses Me Can I Still Claim?Tools for Work Use Tax Refunds includes:
Tools Tax – When am I Eligible for Tax Relief on Tools, Equipment and Specialist Clothing?
Tools Tax – What are Flat Rate Expenses?
Tax relief for tools – What are Capital Allowances?
What About Tax Relief for Specialist Clothing?
Tax Refunds for Tax Code
Income Tax Code Refund includes:
How do I know if my tax code is wrong?
How do I reclaim a Tax Code Tax Refund?
Tax Refunds for Left The UK
Left or Leaving the UK Tax Claim Refunds includes:
When am I entitled to leaving the UK tax back?
How much UK tax back can I receive?
Do I need to complete Tax Claim Forms when leaving the UK?
Do I need to complete a Self Assessment Tax Return?UK Non Resident Tax Refunds includes:
What is Non-Resident Status?
What is a Double Taxation Agreement?
What sort of UK Income is eligible for tax relief?
How do I apply for UK Non-Resident Tax Relief?
Do I need to Complete a Self Assessment Form?UK Non Resident Landlords Tax Refunds includes:
What is the UK Non Resident Landlord Scheme?
What if the property is administered by Letting Agents?
Can I claim Tax Relief for Property Expenses?
How does the Non Resident Landlord Scheme affect my Tax payments?
Do I need to complete a Self Assessment Tax Return?
How does other income affect my tax allowance?Seafarers Tax Refund includes:
What is Seafarers’ Earnings Deduction?
Who can claim SED?
What information do I need?
How do I claim?
CIS Tax Refunds
CIS Tax Refunds includes:
What is a CIS Tax Refund?
How do I get a CIS Tax Refund?
What is the average CIS Tax Refund?
Should I fill in my Tax Return myself or use an Accountant?
CIS Tax Refunds – important to know
Other Tax Refunds
Car Tax Refund includes:
Can I get a refund on my Car Tax/Vehicle Tax?Council Tax Rebate includes:
Can I claim a Council Tax rebate?Gift Aid includes:
What is Gift Aid?
What kind of Donations Apply to Gift Aid?
Gift Aid Claim Tax Refund!
How Do I make a Gift Aid Claim?NI Refund includes:
For the Employed
Missing National Insurance Years
National Insurance Refund if you have left the UK
Class 1 National Insurance and the State Pension Scheme
National Insurance Refund for the Self EmployedVAT Refund includes:
VAT Refund for Individuals
VAT Refund if you live in the EU
VAT Refund if you live outside the EU
VAT Refund if you work or study in the UK but live outside the EU
VAT Refund for Business
