What expenses can a self-employed carpenter or joiner claim?

What expenses can a self-employed carpenter or joiner claim? A self-employed carpenter or joiner can claim timber and fixings, hand and power tools, workshop machinery, workshop rent and power, protective gear, van costs and insurance. For 2026-27, everyday clothes and anything for private use cannot be claimed. Yes. GOV.UK allows rent, business rates, power and insurance for business premises. If your workshop is at home, you claim only a reasonable business share of the household costs. Yes. Under the cash basis, the default for sole traders, machinery and tools you buy and keep for the business are claimed as allowable expenses. Under traditional accounting they go through capital allowances. No. If your workshop is your base, that drive is travel between home and work, which GOV.UK says is not allowable. Trips from the workshop to customers' sites can be claimed. Read the full answer, with every source, at rightotax.co.uk.