{"id":2087,"date":"2026-09-01T15:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:50:00","slug":"business-vs-personal-expenses-where-is-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/business-vs-personal-expenses-where-is-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Business vs Personal Expenses: Where Is the Line?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not every expense you pay while running a business is automatically tax-deductible. The key question is whether the expense was incurred wholly and exclusively for business purposes. Common mistakes include claiming personal meals, everyday clothing, private travel or household purchases as business expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some costs can have both business and personal use, such as a mobile phone, internet or working from home. In these cases, you may generally claim only the reasonable business-related proportion. Keeping clear records and separating personal spending from business costs can help you avoid incorrect claims and problems with HMRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not every expense you pay while running a business is automatically tax-deductible. The key question is whether the expense was incurred wholly and exclusively for business purposes. Common mistakes include claiming personal meals, everyday clothing, private travel or household purchases as business expenses. Some costs can have both business and personal use, such as a&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/business-vs-personal-expenses-where-is-the-line\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2089,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions\/2089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}