Private Car Mileage Allowance - Review Needed

John_Pierpoint

I think it is a bit more complicated than that - for example you cannot have a sales area of (say) Bristol and get away with driving from Cornwall everyday as far as the tax man is concerned. Then you get into the muddle of can you claim for staying overnight in a cheap B&B.

As you are demonstrating there can be a muddle between HMRC's rules and the rules of your employer and master.

We have had some convoluted threads on here about driving past your normal place of work to get at a customer's emergency, but normal place of work was shut because it was at the weekend (for example).

I believe that in some countries buying a season ticket is tax allowable on public transport - a way of keeping commuters from cluttering up the road and reducing us all to walking speeds.

Kinetix89

Hi everyone im new here so im not sure if i am posting in the correct place but here it goes.
I work for dominos in the UK and i currently recieve £1 per drop as a sort of mileage allowance, But heres my problem sometimes the £1 doesnt cover the fuel that i use. Dont get me wrong sometimes we have close drops and it is only a mile or so, but more often than not the drop can be around 7 miles away, having a few of them a night takes its toll on the fuel which is a 14 mile round trip.
I have read places about claiming mileage allowance back but was wondering if this was an option for me and how would i go about it.
Thanks

John_Pierpoint

HMRC allow you to claim as your expenses 45p per mile (for the tax year starting 6th April 2011, previous tax year was 40p) for the first 10,000 miles for a car (other rates apply for motor bikes and bicycles). This allowance is intended to reflect the full costs of running a car or van, deprecation, insurance, etc. not just the fuel costs.i
You would need to keep a log of your deliveries and check you mileage for each shift.

If the pound per drop has been taxed before you get it then you would claim the 45p for each mile.
If your employer has some sort of dispensation not to tax the pound, then you would have to see if the mileage comes to more than the pounds paid to recompense you for your delivery expenses and only claim the difference if they don't.

Is pizza delivery classed as self employment - I have assumed it is not?