Can you claim TAX back on Home to Duty ?

nickdidsbury

Hi all - I have heard alot about claiming the tax back on GYH, and have just bitten the bullet and filled in a P87 covering periods going back to August 05, when I first started receiving GYH when i got married (another barking forces rule!). I live near Manchester and have been posted between Portsmouth, Plymouth and Faslane. I know guys from my previous ship who submitted P87s (can be downloaded from the HMRC website) for HTD and for GYH. I phoned the Tax office at Ty Glas - they said send in the completed forms and they'll call me if they need to, rather than try to explain the rules over the phone. However looking at the Website on the "tax relief for mileage" bit, it says:

What counts as business mileage?

Business mileage is mileage you travel doing your job. It can include travel to a temporary work place but it doesn't include:

• normal travel between home (or anywhere that is not a workplace) and your permanent workplace
• private travel

The underlined bit here is the key - and one of the previous posts mentioned it...as long as you're in post for less than 2 years, i think you're covered!

Anyway, i sent the forms in yesterday, the total difference between what the Pusser paid and Mileage allowance was some £10k. Even if I get 40%, still worth doing! I'll let you know how I go! Here's hoping

Grumpelstiltskin

A question from my son who is in the Royal Navy. He doesn't get GYH (Doesn't have his own house), can he claim anything back as he has been on ships for the last 8 years, but travelling home as frequently as possible?

NewbieMoneySaver**

This is a good update. Any news yet???

NewbieMoneySaver**

I have just filled in the P87 and am going to send it today and see what they say. If you don't ask you don't get.

Fingers crossed.

NewbieMoneySaver**

Just got word back from the HMRC. They have increased my tax code. Result!!

Trying_to_be_good

It's still not allowable, so they could claim the extra back from you - saving at least some of it in an account somewhere in case they ask for it back might be a plan? But difficult with my level of will-power...

NewbieMoneySaver**

I think I will save it for now then. I just thought that they would not give it to me if I was not entitled to it.

Trying_to_be_good

A fair assumption! But not one that they normally accept should they decide they want it back, unfortunately.

NewbieMoneySaver**

Thanks for the info.

Cheers

nickdidsbury

nickdidsbury wrote: »

Hi all - I have heard alot about claiming the tax back on GYH, and have just bitten the bullet and filled in a P87 covering periods going back to August 05, when I first started receiving GYH when i got married (another barking forces rule!). I live near Manchester and have been posted between Portsmouth, Plymouth and Faslane. I know guys from my previous ship who submitted P87s (can be downloaded from the HMRC website) for HTD and for GYH. I phoned the Tax office at Ty Glas - they said send in the completed forms and they'll call me if they need to, rather than try to explain the rules over the phone. However looking at the Website on the "tax relief for mileage" bit, it says:

What counts as business mileage?

Business mileage is mileage you travel doing your job. It can include travel to a temporary work place but it doesn't include:

• normal travel between home (or anywhere that is not a workplace) and your permanent workplace
• private travel

The underlined bit here is the key - and one of the previous posts mentioned it...as long as you're in post for less than 2 years, i think you're covered!

Anyway, i sent the forms in yesterday, the total difference between what the Pusser paid and Mileage allowance was some £10k. Even if I get 40%, still worth doing! I'll let you know how I go! Here's hoping

Hi all - since completing the P87, I got a letter back from HMRC saying the the P87 was not for the Armed Forces. Instead, they asked my to complete a far less official looking Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) form. So essentially I copied the info from the P87 into the MAR, but because the difference between what the pusser paid me and what HMRC allowed was more than £2.5k per year, I was required to fill in a Tax Return. I filled in Returns for FY 05/07, 06/07 and 07/08, the last one on line. That's done, so waiting hopefully for a big fat cheque!

As I said before, the key point is if your workplaces changes at less than 2 year intervals.

Will keep you posted