---
title: "Ignore Employment Expenses"
method: POST
path: "/individuals/expenses/employments/{nino}/{taxYear}/ignore"
tags: ["Employment Expenses"]
---

# Ignore Employment Expenses

`POST /individuals/expenses/employments/{nino}/{taxYear}/ignore`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk`
- URL: `https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/individuals/expenses/employments/{nino}/{taxYear}/ignore`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Authorization code: `https://api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/oauth/authorize`
  - Token URL: `https://api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/oauth/token` scopes: `write:self-assessment`

This endpoint enables you to ignore HMRC-provided employment expenses for this user. A National Insurance number and tax year must be provided.
**This endpoint can only be used after the tax year has ended.**

Ignoring an expense will remove any amended expenses and add the "dateIgnored" flag to HMRC-provided expenses.

### Test data
Scenario simulation using Gov-Test-Scenario headers is only available in the sandbox environment.

| Header Value (Gov-Test-Scenario)        | Scenario                                                                                        |
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| N/A - DEFAULT                           | Simulates success response.                                                                     |
| NOT_FOUND                               | Scenario to simulate not found error.                                                           |
| OUTSIDE_AMENDMENT_WINDOW                | Simulates the scenario where request cannot be completed as it is outside the amendment window. |

## Path parameters

- `nino` string, required
- `taxYear` string, required

## Headers

- `Accept` 'application/vnd.hmrc.3.0+json', required
- `Authorization` string, required
- `Gov-Test-Scenario` string
- `suspend-temporal-validations` boolean

## Response `204`

Success(No Content)

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found

## Changes

- **2026-10-10** `ae502f6e0689`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `header` request parameter `suspend-temporal-validations`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/hmrc/apis/individuals-expenses-mtd/changes/individuals/expenses/employments/:nino/:taxYear/ignore/post.md)

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