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Workshop materials

EW
2024-02-18

Question

I give workshops and the participants use materials for this. How do I record this?

A large part of these materials is purchased wholesale together with trade goods for sell.

I can list this separately per workshop or quarterly in an Excel or Word document and create a uRL to an invoice with trade goods, but what should I record this as an expense for, because it will never be sold, so it is still an expense. In my specifically case, this is paper, ink, etc. If the materials are not used up, they simply remain in the workshop space for next time (craft knives, cutting dies, stamps, brushes, spray bottles, glue, etc.).

Or is this not a good way of working?

The tax authorities use cost categories as a means of checking whether your story is correct. For your professional activity, they will assume that you make a certain profit from the sale of trade goods. It is therefore important that you view for yourself where you will generate the most profit. If it is more like operating resources, I would place it under Small materials & tools. There are also guidelines for this, I think a maximum of £500 per invoice for a total of £2,500/year.

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