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Working From Home.....Down the Garden Path
Around 30 per cent of us work from home now – and as the recession bites (and I promise not to use the r word again) the number of telecommuters is going to rise, as companies realise that they can save costs by saving on office space.
But where do you find the space for an office in your home? Are you relegated to the kitchen table once the kids have gone to bed – or do you have your computer and work files as an ever-present reminder of that report you have to finish in the corner of the bedroom?
Moving house is not easy at the moment, and besides, do you really want to go through the hassle of moving, just so that you can telecommute? An extension is a pretty expensive option, so what can you do if you want to work from home?
The answer is simple. Look out the back window, check out all that space in your garden. Go and work in the garden! We’re not suggesting you camp out on the lawn, but instead invest in a Home Office like the Gardeneco Kansas Home Office For less than a tenth of the cost of a home extension (and with a lot less hassle, dust and sound of builders playing Radio 1) you can have an attractive wooden building in your garden that will act as your very own home office.
Garden office advantages
A home office in the garden offers several advantages for anyone working at home. First, at the end of the working day, you can lock the door of your garden office and leave your work behind. Second, you have a great working location – you can watch the seasons change from your home office window – you could even set up a bird feeder nearby (try not to get too distracted though). Third, because the garden office is out of the house, you won’t be constantly interrupted by the home phone, TV noise, the kids, the Hoover or whatever.
If you’re already convinced that a garden office is for you, log on to www.logcabinsupermarket.com to choose your new home office. If not, have you ever thought that your garden office may even become the home of the next great novel – Roald Dahl, Dylan Thomas and Philip Pullman all wrote in ‘sheds’ in the garden. George Bernard Shaw famously wrote in a summerhouse that revolved to follow the sun – you can still see it at his former home, Shaw’s Corner in Hertfordshire.
Find your home office
Check out the options available for your new garden office at www.logcabinsupermarket.com , or look for a used bargain at www.logincabinsupermarket.co.uk.
If you do move at a later date, your home office will be an attractive incentive for a prospective buyer (it could add up to 5% to your home according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), or you could resell it at www.logincabinsupermarket.co.uk.
Order your Home Office from www.gardeneco.co.uk today and in a couple of weeks you can forget your hot stuffy commute – just step out your back door and be at your desk!
The practicalities of a garden office
Will I need planning permission?
It’s unlikely, as most wooden outbuildings of a reasonable size will not need it. But it is worth a call to your local planning office to check.
How can I connect to the internet?
A wireless connection in your home should reach your garden office as long as it is not too far away from the router. It’s worth testing this before deciding on the final position of your new office in the garden.
Will I be insured?
Check with your insurance company that your home office equipment will be covered if it is stolen from your garden office. Some companies put a cap on the amount of cover offered, so make sure that covers your equipment.
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Why Commute
A financial Investment
Money Spent on commuting and commercial office rents can be wasted money? A good quality home office will add value to your property and enhance your garden. You don’t have to buy your cabin, you can also get low cost lease finance to free up capital and offset depreciation against your tax return.
Professional Office Space
If you have no space or are cramped into a spare bedroom. A
In an earlier budget Gordon Brown provided further support for cabin based working. Employees will now enjoy exemption from Income Tax on payments made by their employers to cover the costs of working from cabin. This is designed to assist employers comply with recent flexible working legislation and reinforces the Government's drive towards improving the uptake of cabin working.
Working from a Garden Log Cabin Office is no longer an executive perk but a reality for an increasing percentage of the population. CLICK HERE for more information on the Inland Revenue's statement If you have further queries about working form home please contact GardenEco to help provide you with the a Garden Log Cabin Office to meet your needs.
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Tax breaks for Garden Office workers
The costs of working from cabin are currently exempt from Income Tax.
REV BN 3: Payments by Employers towards the incidental costs of Garden Log Cabin Office working
Who is likely to be affected?
Employees who regularly work at cabin under agreed flexible working arrangements and whose employer contributes to any additional household costs they incur in doing so.
General description of the measure
When an employer contributes to additional household costs incurred by an employee, who works some or all of the time at cabin, the employee would normally be chargeable to income tax on the payment. This measure means that employers will be able to meet some or all of the incidental household costs incurred by employees who work at cabin without it giving rise to a tax charge. Such payments can already be made without giving rise to a NICs liability.
Operative date
Current law and proposed revisions
Under income tax law any payment by an employer towards additional household costs incurred by an employee who works at cabin would normally give rise to a tax charge in the hands of the employee. The proposal announced today will introduce a specific exemption covering such payments.
To minimise the need for record-keeping employers will be able to pay up to £2 per week (£104 per year) without supporting evidence of the costs the employee has incurred.
If an employer pays more than that amount, the exemption will still be available but the employer must provide supporting evidence that the payment is wholly in respect of additional household expenses incurred by thewww.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Employee in carrying out his duties at cabin.
Further advice
If you have any questions about this change, please contact the Public Enquiry Unit on 020 7438 6420 to 6425.
Please note this information is provided to the best of our knowledge and frequently changes, we recommend you contact www.ir.gov.uk for further details
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