# The Income Tax (Exemption for Coronavirus Related Home Office Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

S.I. 2021/225 · made 8 March 2021

These Regulations amend the Income Tax (Exemption for Coronavirus Related Home Office Expenses) Regulations 2020 to extend the exemption from income tax for amounts reimbursed to an employee for expenses that the employee has incurred in obtaining home office equipment to enable home working necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak. The tax exemption provided for by those Regulations will now apply to amounts reimbursed on or after 11 June 2020 but before the end of the tax year 2021-22.

Made under: Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (Section 210)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-exemption-for-coronavirus-related-home-office-expenses-amendment-regulations-2021/pdf/uksi_20210225_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-exemption-for-coronavirus-related-home-office-expenses-amendment-regulations-2021/pdf/uksiem_20210225_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Income Tax
Made 8th March 2021
Laid before the House of Commons 9th March 2021
Coming into force 31st March 2021
The Treasury, in exercise of the power conferred by section 210 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, make the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Exemption for Coronavirus Related Home Office Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 31st March 2021.

## 2 Amendment to the Income Tax (Exemption for Coronavirus Related Home Office Expenses) Regulations 2020

(1) The Income Tax (Exemption for Coronavirus Related Home Office Expenses) Regulations 2020 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement, interpretation and effect), for “2020-21” substitute “2021-22”.

## Signature

David Rutley
James Morris
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 2021

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Income Tax (Exemption for Coronavirus Related Home Office Expenses) Regulations 2020 to extend the exemption from income tax for amounts reimbursed to an employee for expenses that the employee has incurred in obtaining home office equipment to enable home working necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak. The tax exemption provided for by those Regulations will now apply to amounts reimbursed on or after 11 June 2020 but before the end of the tax year 2021-22.
A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument will be published on the website at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-information-and-impact-notes-tiins.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/225 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-exemption-for-coronavirus-related-home-office-expenses-amendment-regulations-2021
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