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Mileage expenses
asset2004
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Having quite a lot of issues at work regarding my mileage claims and hope someone can help me please?
I am required to work weekends out of the office where I take my own car and claim 36p mile.
Often I will stay at my BF which is very close to work, therefore I will claim as starting the journery from the office. My work say I must claim from home as I am registered to that address within work.
An example recently was a claim I made from 45 miles return from work, I was refused the claim and given a print off of The AA route planner - showing the journey from my postcode to be 11 miles each way, so they said I should claim for 22 miles. :mad:
Obviously the accounts dept have nothing better to do than check routes for their staff.
Who is correct? This will have a bearing on future out of office working days that I work.
TIA
I am required to work weekends out of the office where I take my own car and claim 36p mile.
Often I will stay at my BF which is very close to work, therefore I will claim as starting the journery from the office. My work say I must claim from home as I am registered to that address within work.
An example recently was a claim I made from 45 miles return from work, I was refused the claim and given a print off of The AA route planner - showing the journey from my postcode to be 11 miles each way, so they said I should claim for 22 miles. :mad:
Obviously the accounts dept have nothing better to do than check routes for their staff.
Who is correct? This will have a bearing on future out of office working days that I work.
TIA
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I think there are two elements to this, one is how much the company is required to pay you for mileage away from the office. The other is a claim with HMRC.
In terms of payments from your employer then this is presumably set out in their expenses policy so if they state you can only claim mileage from your registered home, then that is probably the case.
However, as i understand it you are entitled to claim 40p a mile for business travel (for the first 10,000 miles) for tax purposes less anything paid by your employer.
HMRC define business mileage as:
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
I would have thought that for this purpose you could claim the exact mileage from your bf home to the temporary place of work (less anything your employer paid
If you can't argue with your employer to get them to change their mind, then keep a record of all business mileage and make a claim at the end of each tax year.
Hopefully someone else will confirm whether or not they agree0 -
Could you register your boyfriend's address with your employer? I mean, do you actually live there?
I have a friend who does some tribunal work. That work is closer to0 -
No I don't live there, just sometimes stay over.Could you register your boyfriend's address with your employer? I mean, do you actually live there?
TBH I more sickened that they have started doing route planners to check we are not making up miles but I have found there are variations between the different websites offering journey planners.
Thanks for your replies, I will keep a record of the business miles and submit a claim. I presume I can claim for last year too?
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Having quite a lot of issues at work regarding my mileage claims and hope someone can help me please?
I am required to work weekends out of the office where I take my own car and claim 36p mile.
Often I will stay at my BF which is very close to work, therefore I will claim as starting the journery from the office. My work say I must claim from home as I am registered to that address within work.
An example recently was a claim I made from 45 miles return from work, I was refused the claim and given a print off of The AA route planner - showing the journey from my postcode to be 11 miles each way, so they said I should claim for 22 miles. :mad:
Obviously the accounts dept have nothing better to do than check routes for their staff.
Who is correct? This will have a bearing on future out of office working days that I work.
TIA
What is the difference in miles that you are trying to claim?
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:eek: Hmmm .... if I'd read the OP original post, would have spotted that you claimed for 45, but actually they want to pay you for 22 .... I see why they rejected it .... they could be saying that you are claiming to drive from your house to BFs ...
I would suggest you take it up with your manager or HR ....
I can understand the companies position, so I suspect you are going to have to argue with them about this ....
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In terms of payments from your employer then this is presumably set out in their expenses policy so if they state you can only claim mileage from your registered home, then that is probably the case.
From my experience I would be surprised if the expense policy goes into so much detail .... I assume that on the mileage form you stated where you drove from & to.
Of course with this policy if the miles from your BFs house to where you need to go at the weekend is less than from your house, well they will loose out ... cause you will claim from your house??
Will it not swing in roundabouts - depending you are going to?
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Hi,
How have accounts got hold of your postcode .... they shouldn't be able to see it .... it is normally only payroll & HR?
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Hi,
How have accounts got hold of your postcode .... they shouldn't be able to see it .... it is normally only payroll & HR?
Mark
Is that correct?? I have no idea then, should this be reported?Life is a coin, you can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.
Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further.
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Is that correct?? I have no idea then, should this be reported?
No
Accounts departments are often closely interlinked wiith Payroll and HR,especially due to expenses etc.
Your personal details can be used for appropiate tasks which this is.
As for it being checked. Sadly it is a fact of life many people will scam and try to complement income with these sort of scams, whilst your case may well be perfectly legit its entirely reasonable they have checked it and will only pay mileage from your own home. The argument is that it is your choice to go to your BF's and why should your employer pay for you to commute between home and your BF which they have basically done here.0 -
Just inform your company of your new address which is at your boyfriends.0
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