Generally speaking, glasses cannot be claimed as an allowable business expense. HM Revenue & Customs rules state that they will only allow expenses that are deemed to be wholly and exclusively for the business and necessarily incurred in the performance of your duties.owever, if a prescription is required for glasses that are solely to be used for business purposes and evidence can be provided that they are not used elsewhere, then the purchase of glasses can be justified as an allowable business expense. The Expert was Mark Denton, an accountant at inniAccounts.
That could make defending the nation and paying the government's bills even tougher to do in the future. [PHOTOS: The 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War] The Iraq and Afghanistan wars will together cost $4 to $6 trillion, according a new study from Harvard University's Kennedy School.
$60 billion: Amount paid for reconstruction, (which was ruled largely a waste due to corruption and shoddy work.). $4 billion: Amount owed to the U.S. by Iraq before the invasion. 1.6 million: Gallons of oil used by U.S. forces each day in Iraq (at $127.68 a barrel). $12 billion: Cost per month of the war by 2008.$7 billion: Amount owed to Iraq by the U.S. after the war (mostly due to fraud).$20 billion: Annual air conditioning cost.Missing: $546 million in spare parts; 190,000 guns, including 110,000 AK-47s.60 billion: Amount paid for reconstruction, (which was ruled largely a waste due to corruption and shoddy work.). $4 billion: Amount owed to the U.S. by Iraq before the invasion. 1.6 million: Gallons of oil used by U.S. forces each day in Iraq (at $127.68 a barrel). $12 billion: Cost per month of the war by 2008.