foxnet22 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) i start a new job this week and will be travelling 60 mile a day return journey in my own van to get to work.i understand the rate is 45p per mile fuel allowance would i be entitled to claim this and if so is it a matter of a yearly tax return to claim this travel allowance .greatfull for any advise cheers.oh and the title should read mileage allowance . Edited December 13, 2012 by foxnet22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 If your are an employee then you can't claim the travel allowance. If you are self employed or running your own company then you can but I have no idea how you do so. I am sure many others on here can advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry31 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 You can claim even if you are employed providing the site or office to which you are traveling will be less then one year as its deemed to be temporary the rate is 45p for the first 10000, miles and 25p thereafter. Keep a log of your mileage both commuting and private and retain your VAT fuel receipt then at the year end in April request a form from you local tax office im unsure of its number and make your claim and they will issue you a check. Also you can claim uprose ten pound per day subsistence and six pounds per day parking with out providing any receipts. This only applies if the place of work is tempt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 You can claim even if you are employed providing the site or office to which you are traveling will be less then one year as its deemed to be temporary the rate is 45p for the first 10000, miles and 25p thereafter. Keep a log of your mileage both commuting and private and retain your VAT fuel receipt then at the year end in April request a form from you local tax office im unsure of its number and make your claim and they will issue you a check. Also you can claim uprose ten pound per day subsistence and six pounds per day parking with out providing any receipts. This only applies if the place of work is tempt Doesn't that depend on what your contractural place of employment is? i.e. if you are employed out of the office 60 miles away you can't claim the allowance regardless of the tenure. Not sure what that means if you are employed out of an office 10 miles away but have to travel to another office 60 miles away. I would expect my employer to play the allowance in that case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twitchynik Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Isn't it the difference between your contracted place of work and the office you travelled to/from that day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirDread Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 If your classed as home based in your job you can claim every mile. If you are based at a site, then you can claim for your onward journey from that site, or if you are going in the opposite direction you can claim the journey less your normal travel distance to site. The rates are on the HMRC website and I think this year it was 40p for the first 10k then 25p thereafter. Any payments for mileage you receive from your employer offsets against what you claim from the revenue. So if you company pays you 30p per mile then you are only claiming tax on the delta 15p. there are 2 different ways of claimiing it back one is a self assessment the other is a lot simpler form but I can't remember its number. Takes 10 mins max to claim it back and well worth doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 If your place of work say you can have milage allowance it doesn't matter how far you live or need to travel, only thing I'll say is don't add more than you do be fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz2202 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 My understanding was that you could not claim tax allowance for mileage for your first and last journey of the day, basically you have to get yourself to and from work. but you could any mileage that you need to do to carry out your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Be VERY careful here. HMRC are having a big crackdown on a lot of these. If self-employed, then you should be able to claim for mileage But, by the fact that you have asked this question, it sounds like you are an employee. If so, then you really need to speak to someone (either in your company, an accountant, or at HMRC) to double check. Get the answer in writing. Watch out for a lot of these 'service companies' (especially agency work) as they give lots of disclaimers as to tax liability, you can end up paying their fees and still paying the tax at a later date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 i understand the rate is 45p per mile fuel allowance that is what the government states it should be paid. Our Trust pays 22p per mile!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 that is what the government states it should be paid. Our Trust pays 22p per mile!!!! you can claim the difference back then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 you can claim the difference back then! Is that so? Many thanks for that. I did not know this. How do I go about it? Is there a form I can download from the HM Revenue and Customs website? It would make a massive difference as there are days that I travel in excess of 120 miles return... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 I am employed out of London but work in Delhi. I'll be quids in if I put a claim in for that commute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 i think the rate you can claim is related to the vehicle used with 45p being the max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) the rate only varies if it is an 'advisory fuel rate' issued by HMRC, you can still claim back the difference between the afr claimed from your employer for fuel and the 45p per mile. edit - this is presuming that you are using your own car for business use (not a company car). If you are claiming mileage back for fuel in a company car - it would generally have to be at the HMRC 'advisory' rates. Edited December 13, 2012 by pegasus bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houlsby Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 I get 34p per mile TAX FREE. I do over 600 miles a week and make a shed load, costs me 15p per mile. Our rule, not sure if it's hmrc tho.. Is if we work from the office we claim from there onward, if we work from home we start at home. I live 40 miles from our office so I tend not to go there much!! Ask your employer. It's their duty to help you out, if not, scream company car at them! (£300 car, £150 insurance, in my case £500 fuel ish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 I can't seem to find this 'simpler form', does anybody have a link? Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyatt Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 P87 available from the HMRC website. Submitted at the end if every tax year. You can go back 6 years if you've not claimed before for relief on an expense you've incurred through work. I work from home and have been submitting them for a few years now. It does make a difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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