fuel rebates for traveling to work

dutch5915

Im working as a forklift driver at a pallet network company but have to travel 620 miles a week my car is a deisel but it still costs me £320 pounds a month which takes a lot of my salary. There are no local jobs around and dont wish to move unless absolutely have to. Just wondering if anyone knew of any goverment schemes or for any help at all in the payment of the fuel or if i can claim any costs back thankyou.

McKneff

Nothing government wise but could you ask your employer for some help towards fuel costs perhaps

RAS

Is this £620 miles to get to your workbase? Or 620 miles including travel during the work day?

BillTrac

RAS wrote: »

Is this £620 miles to get to your workbase? Or 620 miles including travel during the work day?

I am assuming getting to/from work as he has the benefit of driving a company forklift during the day....:rotfl:

Sorry, had to edit because my post sounded like I was extracting the urine about the OPs job.

OP, I don't think you can get any help from the government or other bodies. And I bet you won't get any help from your employer either.

Sucks big time to work that far away from home, and I speak as one of the lucky, lucky barstewards who loves his job and works from home.

zzzLazyDaisy

McKneff wrote: »

Nothing government wise but could you ask your employer for some help towards fuel costs perhaps

But remember that if your employer pays for your private fuel, it is subject to tax which can outweigh the benefit, see this calculator

http://www.comcar.co.uk/newcar/companycar/poolresults/gfuelben.cfm

Depending on how the figures pan out, you might be better off asking for a pay rise and having the benefit paid through your wages in the normal way.

welshmoneylover

dutch5915 wrote: »

Im working as a forklift driver at a pallet network company but have to travel 620 miles a week my car is a deisel but it still costs me £320 pounds a month which takes a lot of my salary. There are no local jobs around and dont wish to move unless absolutely have to. Just wondering if anyone knew of any goverment schemes or for any help at all in the payment of the fuel or if i can claim any costs back thankyou.

Are you serious?:rotfl:

Hammyman

McKneff wrote: »

Nothing government wise but could you ask your employer for some help towards fuel costs perhaps

They've got no chance. Those pallet network hauliers are working on next to no profit. There was one haulier last year that made £30k profit on a £2m turnover - thats how narrow the margins are.

dutch5915

The employer doesn't pay for any of the fuel and its not a company car. The company i work for used to be local to me but has moved due to expansion they have payed a what they call a bonus to help for 3 months but it was put on top of my wage and taxed and has not actually made a dent into what the fuel costs.

ohdamnit

Really there are no other companies within 60 miles of you that run FLTs? If not then I would consider doing another job as you could afford to drop your wage by about 2.5k per year and work locally and still be better off.

The government doesn't offer any tax incentives for traveling to and from work sadly, I am sure we would all like that

Sixer

If the company relocated, are there any colleagues in the same boat as you? What about a car sharing scheme? If nobody actually in your workplace itself, there are locators for local schemes:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/environmentandgreenerliving/greenertravel/dg_10036310

Richard1075

Of course every employer is quite happy to pay the costs of you getting to work and back home again - NOT!

It's your choice to work so far away from home and you should have considered the travel costs before you accepted the job!

As it has been said - look for a job closer to where you live