E-work allowance plus spouse remote work relief?

[yihew]

Hi, both myself and wife WFH nearly 100%. We each have to go into the office 1-2 days per month.

I am a director of an umbrella Ltd. Company and pay myself the €3.20/day e-work allowance. My wife is a PAYE employee and her employer does not pay anything.

Can she claim relief on expenses? I know if we’re were both PAYE whose employer didn’t pay the e-work allowance, then we would be able to jointly claim the relief, but it is a single relief amount, I.e. 30% of bills for the house. Not 30% each. Same for people sharing a house etc. But I’m not sure about the allowance+relief for 2 people in the same house and if that is allowed or not.

I’m struggling to find a clear answer on this. Revenue are very slow to respond at the minute (I have another query open with them for 5 weeks now), so figured I’d ask here!

Thanks in advance.

 

[eyes2jesus]

@yihew Sometimes you get a faster answer by just claiming anyway. They will let you know then if you are out of bounds

 

[yihew]

@eyes2jesus I’lol do just that of I haven’t found the answer by January 2024

 

[calvingiovanni]

@yihew Well form 11 has separate boxes for wfh expenses for both people which suggests you can both claim rather than a single box for the household. So I would think she can claim.

 

[yihew]

@calvingiovanni This is useful, thank you.