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To: David Gauke MP
Make childcare costs an allowable business expense.
The HMRC should add chilldcare costs to allowable expenses that self employed people can claim, provided it is wholly and exclusively for business purposes.
Why is this important?
For many self-employed people, they cannot operate without using a childcare provider.
Eg. If you are a self-employed single parent who needs to meet a business client in their offices; why won't the HMRC accept that the childcare expense is wholly and exclusively for business purposes?
The current position is an anomaly and indirectly discrimminates against women who disproportionately suffer a detriment under the current rules.
