Tax Return - Business Miles Claim??

cfbc

Thank you.

I started a job last year, 2007 April-2008 March, so I can claim the first 10 then and then I moved jobs in 2008 March to present in a new job so can claim then too?

Can you back claim?

Sorry to be a little thick about this! I had no idea until recently I could do so and also claim back some bills as I work from home too.

BoGoF

Use this link to download claim form and send to your tax office - complete a P87 for each employment

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/p87.pdf

cfbc

BoGoF wrote: »

Use this link to download claim form and send to your tax office - complete a P87 for each employment

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/forms/p87.pdf

Thank you.

Appreciaed as just been made redundant so need to get back what I can now....

coldasfire

Hi ,
I am doing a lot of business miles on my company car. In the last tax year, between, January 08 and April 08, I did 7500 business miles and I was having a fuel card. Can I some how claim that from the Inland revenue? I had a company car that time. Now I have a cash alternativeand getting 12 pence per mile on my business miles as well. I appreciate if you could share any thing in this regards,
Many thanks,
Sal

Stavros_3

Question from me please. I have just retired and now working part time self employed. I provide training to a big organisation which I have to use my own private car to get to the training venue from my home which is in affect my office. What do I do regarding mileage expenses when completing a self assessment form and what records do I need to keep, thanks so much

chris57_2

@coldasfire You have a company car and a company fuel card? If so no you cannot claim anything as your company has paid all of your expenses. You then want the general public to give you money you havent laid out back? Now the company pays 12p mile to you for your petrol that you fund. They fund the car purchase and car running costs so yet again you are wanting money for nothing. @Stavros You need to be able to demonstrate that any miles you did were business miles. Keep a log of each journey. Make sure that you can demonstrate that the trips are not to what is a permanent workplace otherwise what you are doing could be challenged as ordinary commuting.

coldasfire

Chris57,
First thanks for your email. It was my first post because I wanted to understand My company already pay me the money as they get this money from the clients whom I am visiting. I do want to object you for your tone which is not very friendly. I don't want to get money from general public or any thing so next time before replying back, kindly read it loud!

stphnstevey

Or claim it through your self assessment (if you hav to do one)

It is not the full amount but the tax on that amount ie paid 10p mile, claim back 30p (1st 10000 miles). You actually receive either 20% of 30p mile(basic rate tax payer) or 40% of 30p mile (higher rate tax payer).

If you can wangle it, it is much better to be able to claim 40p a mile from your company and keep 30p completely

notso_2

Another first time poster here. And before anyone asks, I'm not trying to get money back from the general public but I would like to get any tax back legally as in Tax 'avoidance' bearing in mind the horrendous tax I have to pay. 'Avoidance' as in what everyone should be practicing, not tax 'evasion' which is illegal, and rightly so.

Anyway, to cut to the chase - I receive a sum of money every month on top of my salary as a 'car allowance' in lieu of a company car. This sum is added to my monthly pay and taxed accordingly as part of my salary.
I also have a company fuel card that pays for all my fuel, business and private. This is rightly classed as a 'benefit in kind' and is taxed within my personal tax code.
Speaking to some former colleagues, many of them also claimed mileage rates back from the Inland Revenue for the business miles they did, basically as they were being taxed for the business miles fuel they believed that they were entitled to claim this back via the P87.
Does anyone know whether this is allowed as all I want to be able to claim back is what is rightly owed to me by the Inland Revenue?

Hinduman

I use the P87 to claim back mileage also.
The only difference between both are cases is that you have a fuel card and I don't, otherwise are situation is the same i.e car allowance and own private car.