Ministers of Religion: Remote Working

(asked on 1st September 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of removing tax relief for non‑reimbursed homeworking expenses on Ministers of Religion.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
This question was answered on 4th September 2026

The deduction from income tax for non-reimbursed home working expenses was removed in April 2026. This was to address concerns around non-compliance and to ensure fairness across the tax system. Employers can still reimburse employees for their home working expenses where eligible without deducting income tax and National Insurance contributions.

A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside Budget 2025. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the Exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on individuals, businesses, and civil society organisations, as well as an overview of the equality impacts.

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