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List of approved professional organisations and learned societies (List 3)

Check the HMRC list of professional bodies to see if you can claim tax relief on your fees or subscriptions.

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You can claim tax relief on:

  • professional membership fees, if you must pay the fees to be able to do your job
  • annual subscriptions you pay to approved professional bodies or learned societies, if being a member of that body or society is relevant to your job

You cannot claim tax relief on life membership subscriptions, or for professional membership fees or annual subscriptions you have:

  • not paid yourself (for example if your employer has paid for them)
  • paid to professional organisations that are not approved by HMRC

Check if you can claim tax relief

  1. Use the list to see if your organisation has been approved by HMRC.

  2. If it has, check if you can get tax relief and how to claim.

Your organisation can tell you how much tax you’re allowed to claim back.

Apply to be included on the list

If you’re a professional organisation, you can apply to be added to the list.

Updates to this page

Published 31 March 2014

Last updated 2526 FebruaryMarch 2025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates
    1. The entry ‘Export Institute of’ has been renamed ‘Export and International Trade Chartered Institute of’.

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