You say HMRC won't care what expenses you claim well i can think of at least 2 cases where they did care. Where the expenses was not in any way contacted to their job but they put it down thinking they would never get audited or looked at and it caused the woman a lot of hassle and she ended up owing more money from putting expenses not connected to her job and took far longer looking far back into her and she seemed a liability to them. So if you are saying its fine for me to put condoms and sex toys through my expenses for a job where i am not down as a actual prostitute then i don't think i would risk it thanks from other situations i have seen happen with HMRC. Obviously that is not stopping nobody else from doing that. We can all do as we like.

I won't comment further on the tax affairs of expenses as can see it's a touchy subject and my experience of HMRC is very different to some other people on here.

If the person you mention was putting expenses down not related to her job (what she was listed as or what she was doing) then of course she would get into trouble.

I was told directly by HMRC that I could put down what I like as a job and claim expenses for condoms etc.  As lock as the expenses related to the actual job I was doing.

You are very unlikely to get audited however if you are unlucky enough trust me they will already know what you do.  They will have done their due diligience and they will have more information than you think.  And if you go in there lying to their faces about what you do that is when you will come unstuck. 

For somebody who supposedly has no more to say, you're doing a spectacularly good job of saying.

The point the above posts are making is that whatever expenses you incur for work you can claim for regardless of what you put on the form because you incurred them while doing your work, whatever that work is. If you are being audited they will know very well you are a sex worker already (if for no reason other than you will have told them, but they'll know anyway as Ana has said.)

Once again, HMRC care about whether the income and expenses you declare are legitimate and correct. They could  ot give a shimmering fuck what your occupation says - that's obviously with the caveat that you haven't registered as a kebab shop or a cab driver - provided you pay the right tax.

If you still won't listen to me, read these again.

If the person you mention was putting expenses down not related to her job (what she was listed as or what she was doing) then of course she would get into trouble.

I was told directly by HMRC that I could put down what I like as a job and claim expenses for condoms etc.  As lock as the expenses related to the actual job I was doing.

You are very unlikely to get audited however if you are unlucky enough trust me they will already know what you do.  They will have done their due diligience and they will have more information than you think.  And if you go in there lying to their faces about what you do that is when you will come unstuck. 

If you get called by HMRC to explain your self assessment it's going to be quite obvious you're a sex worker, unless of course you're creative enough coming up with a story on why a "therapist" needs 50 condoms a month and plenty of lube.

Also maybe remind yourself of this, since it's most sensible thing you've posted.

I won't comment further on the tax affairs of expenses as can see it's a touchy subject and my experience of HMRC is very different to some other people on here.

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