9 articles tagged with Home Office.
Self-employed CV writers and career coaches run one of the lowest-overhead service businesses around. Full worked example on £32,000 turnover shows what you actually keep after tax and NI.
Self-employed interior designers carry CAD software subscriptions, swatch libraries and showroom mileage as core costs. Full worked example on £38,000 turnover shows what a designer actually keeps after tax in 2026/27.
Freelance podcast editors juggle monthly software subscriptions and one-off hardware purchases with very different tax treatment. Full worked example on £32,000 turnover, plus the AIA rules on mics and interfaces.
Freelance social media managers juggle multiple retainer clients and client ad budgets that pass through their hands. Full worked example on £38,000 turnover shows exactly what counts as your income and what to keep aside for tax.
Freelance transcriptionists run one of the leanest self-employed businesses around — minimal kit, almost no overhead. Full worked example on £24,000 turnover shows why your effective tax rate can bite harder than you expect.
Self-employed virtual assistants work entirely from home with software subscriptions as the main cost. Full worked example on £18,000 turnover and the simplified home-use-as-office deduction.
Compare home office simplified vs actual expenses for UK self-employed 2026/27. Which method saves you more tax? Real figures and HMRC rules explained.
Flat rate GBP 6/week (GBP 312/year) or actual costs? We compare both HMRC methods for home-office tax relief in 2026/27 and show which saves more money.
Two methods for claiming home office costs as a self-employed person in 2026 -- the flat rate simplified expenses method and the actual costs method -- plus the CGT risk and employee WFH relief.
