What a sole trader can claim: tools, fuel, phone, subsistence
A plain list of common sole trader expenses — tools, fuel, phone, and meals — and what this app will not decide for you.
This is not tax advice. It is the short list sole traders ask about before they photograph a receipt. Your bookkeeper decides what is allowable on your return.
Usually worth keeping
Materials you buy to do the job. Tools and equipment you use for the work. Fuel and other travel where the journey is for the business. Phone and stationery. Subcontractor costs, kept separate from materials. A meal while you are travelling for work, which is not the same as a weekly shop.
Usually not
Ordinary food at home, fines, and the private share of a mixed cost. If a phone or a van is partly private, the claim is the business part, not the whole bill. Receipts Dock files the receipt in a category. It does not split private use for you.
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