- May 7
- 4 min read

Uniform Tax Rebate - Claim My Uniform Tax Refund

Claiming a tax rebate can be tricky, especially when it comes to uniforms and workwear but it doesn't have to be. At Ultra Tax Ltd, we simplify the process of claiming your uniform tax rebate.

Whether you're seeking a tax rebate for washing your uniform or just figuring out if you're eligible, our team will guide you through each step.

Here's how you can claim your uniform tax rebate quickly and easily.

What is a Uniform Tax Rebate?

A uniform tax rebate is a refund from HMRC when you've spent your own money maintaining a work uniform your employer requires you to wear. This refund covers expenses like washing, repairing, or replacing the uniform. Workers in many different jobs are eligible for this rebate, from healthcare to hospitality.

Who Can Claim a Uniform Tax Rebate?

To qualify for a uniform tax rebate, you need to meet these conditions:

Employer Requirement: Your employer requires you to wear a uniform that identifies your role or company.
Self-Paid Maintenance: You pay for washing, repairing, or replacing your uniform out of your own pocket.
No Reimbursement: Your employer doesn't pay you back for these costs.

Workers like nurses, police officers, and utility staff can often claim this rebate.

If you're unsure about whether you're eligible, Ultra Tax Ltd can help.

What Uniform Costs Can You Claim?

The uniform tax rebate can cover various costs related to maintaining your uniform, such as:

Washing: Rebate for washing uniforms at home or with a professional laundry service.
Repair and Replacement: Costs for repairing or replacing worn-out uniforms.
Specialised Cleaning: Expenses for special cleaning like dry cleaning.

What if I Don't Have Any Receipts?

Keeping track of receipts for uniform-related costs can be tough because these expenses cover a wide range of areas, such as:

The cost of washing powder, conditioner, and other cleaning products
Electricity and water used
Maintenance costs for your washing machine and dryer

Also, since most people wash their work clothes with their personal items, it would be cumbersome to calculate exactly how much relates to work and how much to personal use. Understanding this, HMRC allows for flat-rate allowances, which can be claimed even without receipts.

How Much Can You Claim?

How much you can claim depends on your job and specific costs. Some workers have a standard flat-rate allowance, while others might need a detailed calculation. For example, healthcare workers have a flat-rate allowance, but those who need specialised cleaning could get more.

At Ultra Tax Ltd, we'll help you calculate your rebate using our uniform tax rebate calculator.

Use our Free Tax Rebate Calculator below to check how much you could recive.

This table lists the industries/jobs and how much tax relief you can claim.

If your industry and jobs are not shown, you can claim a flat rate expense amount of

£60 (Yearly)

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Industry	Job	Amount you can claim £
Agriculture	All workers	100
Airlines	Pilots, co-pilots, helicopter pilots and uniformed flight deck crew	1,022
Airlines	Cabin crew — stewards and stewardesses	720
Aluminium	Continual casting operators, process operators, de-dimplers, driers, drill punchers, dross unloaders, firemen (engaged to light and maintain furnaces), furnace operators and their helpers, leaders, mould-men, pourers, remelt department labourers and roll flatteners	140
Aluminium	Cable hands, case makers, labourers, mates, truck drivers and measurers and storekeepers	80
Aluminium	Apprentices	60
Aluminium	All other workers	120
Armed forces	All ranks in the Royal Air Force, Royal Marines and the army	100
Armed forces	Royal Navy	80
Banks and building societies	Uniformed doormen and messengers	60
Brass and copper	Braziers, coppersmiths, finishers, fitters, moulders, turners and all other workers	120
Building	Joiners and carpenters	140
Building	Cement works, roofing felt and asphalt labourers	80
Building	Labourers and navvies	60
Building	All other workers	120
Building materials	Stone masons	120
Building materials	Tilemakers and labourers	60
Building materials	All other workers	80
Clothing	Lacemakers, hosiery bleachers, dyers, scourers and knitters, knitwear bleachers and dyers	60
Clothing	All other workers	60
Constructional engineering (includes buildings, shipyards, bridges and roads)	Blacksmiths and their strikers, burners, caulkers, chippers, drillers, erectors, fitters, holders up, markers off, platers, riggers, riveters, rivet heaters, scaffolders, sheeters, template workers, turners and welders	140
Constructional engineering (includes buildings, shipyards, bridges and roads)	Banksmen, labourers, shop-helpers, slewers and straighteners	80
Constructional engineering (includes buildings, shipyards, bridges and roads)	Apprentices and storekeepers	60
Constructional engineering (includes buildings, shipyards, bridges and roads)	All other workers	100
Electrical and electricity supply	Workers incurring laundry costs only	60
Electrical and electricity supply	All other workers	120
Trades ancillary to engineering	Pattern makers	140
Trades ancillary to engineering	Labourers, supervisory and unskilled workers	80
Trades ancillary to engineering	Apprentices and storekeepers	60
Trades ancillary to engineering	Motor mechanics in garage repair shop	120
Trades ancillary to engineering	All other workers	120
Fire service	Uniformed fire fighters and fire officers	80
Food	All workers	60
Forestry	All workers	100
Glass	All workers	80
Health and care staff employed by the National Health Service, private hospitals, local authorities and independent care providers	Ambulance staff on active service	185
Health and care staff employed by the National Health Service, private hospitals, local authorities and independent care providers	Nurses, midwives, chiropodists, dental nurses, occupational, speech, physiotherapists and other therapists, healthcare assistants, domiciliary care workers, phlebotomists and radiographers. Shoes and stockings or tights allowance (where everyone is required to wear the same colour or style)	125 12 shoes 6 tights or stockings.
Health and care staff employed by the National Health Service, private hospitals, local authorities and independent care providers	Plaster room orderlies, hospital porters, ward clerks, sterile supply workers, hospital domestics and hospital catering staff	125
Health and care staff employed by the National Health Service, private hospitals, local authorities and independent care providers	Laboratory staff, pharmacists and pharmacy assistants	80
Health and care staff employed by the National Health Service, private hospitals, local authorities and independent care providers	Uniformed ancillary staff — maintenance workers, grounds staff, drivers, parking attendants and security guards, receptionists and other uniformed staff	80
Heating	Pipe fitters and plumbers	120
Heating	Coverers, laggers, domestic glaziers, heating engineers and all their mates	120
Heating	All gas workers and all other workers	100
Iron mining	Fillers, miners and underground workers	120
Iron mining	All other workers	100
Iron and steel	Day labourers, general labourers, stockmen, timekeepers, warehouse staff and weighmen	80
Iron and steel	Apprentices	60
Iron and steel	All other workers	140
Leather	Curriers (wet workers), fellmongering workers and tanning operatives (wet)	80
Leather	All other workers	60
Particular engineering (work on commercial basis in a factory or workshop producing components such as wire, springs, nails and locks)	Pattern makers	140
Particular engineering (work on commercial basis in a factory or workshop producing components such as wire, springs, nails and locks)	Chainmakers, cleaners, galvanisers, tinners and wire drawers in the wire drawing industry and toolmakers in the lock making industry	120
Particular engineering (work on commercial basis in a factory or workshop producing components such as wire, springs, nails and locks)	Apprentices and storekeepers	60
Particular engineering (work on commercial basis in a factory or workshop producing components such as wire, springs, nails and locks)	All other workers	80
Police force	Ranks of police officers up to and including chief inspector	140
Police force	Community support officers including Metropolitan Police	140
Police force	Other police employees (but not special constables)	60
Precious metals	All workers	100
Printing	Letterpress section — electrical engineers (rotary presses), electrotypers, ink and roller makers, machine minders (rotary), maintenance engineers (rotary presses) and stereotypers	140
Printing	Bench hands (periodical and bookbinding section), compositors (letterpress section), readers (letterpress section) telecommunications and electronic section wire room operators, warehousemen (paper box making section)	60
Printing	All other workers	100
Prisons	Uniformed prison officers	80
Public service — docks and inland waterways	Dockers, dredger drivers and hopper steerers	80
Public service — docks and inland waterways	All other workers	60
Public service — public transport	Garage hands including cleaners	80
Public service — public transport	Conductors and drivers	60
Quarrying	All workers	100
Railways	See the appropriate category for craftsmen (for example engineers, vehicles) all other workers	100
Seamen	Carpenters Passenger liners	165
Seamen	Cargo vessels, tankers, coasters and ferries	140
Shipyards	Blacksmiths and their strikers, boilermakers, burners, carpenters, caulkers, drillers, furnacemen (platers) holders up, fitters, platers, plumbers, riveters, sheet iron workers, shipwrights, tubers and welders	140
Shipyards	Labourers	80
Shipyards	Apprentices and storekeepers	60
Shipyards	All other workers	100
Textiles and textile printing	Carders, carding engineers, overlookers and technicians in spinning mills	120
Textiles and textile printing	All other workers	80
Vehicles	Builders, railway vehicle repairers and railway wagon lifters	140
Vehicles	Railway vehicle painters, letterers, and builders’ and repairers’ assistants	80
Vehicles	All other workers	60
Wood and furniture	Carpenters, cabinetmakers, joiners, wood carvers and woodcutting machinists	140
Wood and furniture	Artificial limb makers (other than in wood), organ builders and packaging case makers	120
Wood and furniture	Coopers not providing their own tools, labourers, polishers and upholsterers	60
Wood and furniture	All other workers	100

How to Claim Your Uniform Tax Rebate with Ultra Tax Ltd

Claiming a uniform tax rebate can be simple. Here's how Ultra Tax Ltd can help:

Initial Consultation: Contact us by phone, email, or online form to discuss your situation and see if you're eligible.
Provide Information: Give us details about your job, uniform, and any costs for washing, repairing, or replacing it.
Calculate Your Rebate: We'll estimate your refund using our uniform tax rebate calculator.
Submit Your Claim: We handle the entire claim process with HMRC to make sure it's accurate.
Receive Your Refund: After approval, you'll receive your refund directly from HMRC.

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How Far Back Can I Claim a Tax Refund?

You can claim tax rebates for up to four years, depending on your income sources and expenses. Here’s what to consider:

Changing Jobs: If you've switched employers, we’ll track down relevant documents in order to be able to process your tax rebate.
Becoming Self-Employed: Ensure all eligible expenses are claimed through Self Assessment to receive your tax rebate.
Stopped Working Mid-Year: A refund may be due if you were taxed on a full year's income but only worked for part of the year.

At current, you can claim tax back from 6th April 2020 up to the 5th April 2024. If you have not checked if you are eligible for a tax refund in any of the past 4 tax years, contact our tax rebate experts today and see if you're entitled to a tax rebate.

Tips for Claiming Your Uniform Tax Rebate

Keep Receipts: Save all receipts for uniform costs to support your claim.
Check Eligibility Often: Rules can change, so check regularly to see if you're now eligible.
Reclaim Missed Rebates: You can claim uniform costs going back up to four years.

The Ultra Tax Ltd Difference

At Ultra Tax Ltd, we make sure you get the most out of your uniform tax rebate. We're here to guide you through the process and claim you back what your owed. Our flat-rate pricing means you only pay for what you receive, so you're getting the best value.