SA Online - where do I enter travel expenses that I've incurred?

pwhite8314

I've looked everywhere on the "improved" on-line tax return, but cannot find the section where I claim back some allowance for my travel costs (to business meetings etc) not reimbursed by my company.

Any clues, anyone?

Anon

In the Employment section - there is a question whether you have incurred any expenses related to your employment but not claimed (or some wording like that).

If I recall, it was also in the screening questions at the beginning.

Anon

mrsmyagi

Some people are having issues with the online form it seems - boxes 17 - 20 are not showing up. I would suggest downloading the pdf form from hmrc website and comparing it to what you have on-screen as it may be that these boxes are not showing up - if not try going back to the beginning to change your answers to the screening questions - if that doesn't work them I'm afraid it's a call to our friends at hmrc....

Cold_comfort

pwhite8314 wrote: »

I've looked everywhere on the "improved" on-line tax return, but cannot find the section where I claim back some allowance for my travel costs (to business meetings etc) not reimbursed by my company.

Any clues, anyone?

In the first employment screen, you need to answer yes to:
Have you incurred any expenses which have not been reimbursed while working for XXXX ?

vet8

pwhite8314 wrote: »

I've looked everywhere on the "improved" on-line tax return, but cannot find the section where I claim back some allowance for my travel costs (to business meetings etc) not reimbursed by my company.

Any clues, anyone?

I had exactly the same problem. In the end I just missed out all the expenses I had received or incurred as the two balanced and I though otherwise I would get hit for tax I did not owe as the HMRC would assume the expenses I was paid were taxable.

I found the on line form to be utter rubbish.

pwhite8314

I got there in the end, thanks for the suggestions. I'm not really sure how, but the 'missing' boxes appeared after I made some changes, so all is well. It doesn't help that the online help only refers to the paper version of the return, and that the "contact us" link just leads to a 404 error!