[pgkevet]

I am a solicitor so I'm not sure they will let me claim him as an expense 

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You'ld be suprised... if you worked from home or you'ld taken the dog to the office daily...

One of the local barbers takes his dog to the shop every day and it sits in the window, acts as an advert to draw the kids. the dog gets petted by customers etc and after my suggestion they now make a legitimate claim for him.

I also had one cusomer who serviced vending machines at a large airport. He took his dog round with him for company..but that made it a guard do and his accountant successfully claimed back all the vat and fees for the previous 6 years including feed. Obviously as a farm or small holding dog it's an easier claim but if you keep papers and docs at home .....a partial claim perhaps

My own dogs got used as occasional blood donors and i had no compunction in claiming on them.

[doganjo]

A car dealer I used to do books for also had a dog on the premises - I successfully claimed for his food and vet bills as his kennel was in the yard where the cars were kept rather than beside the house which was 500 yards away.