meal allowance for construction workers

ayjaydubya

I had claimed £12 per day for meals without the need for a receipt if I had been absent from home for more than twelve hours working on a construction site.
Now the tax person has claimed I am not entitled to that allowance as he is absent from home for up to twelve hours and he cannot claim.
Could someone please enlighten me?
Tony044:j

relic

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/briefs/income-tax/brief2409.htm

Read and print off.

Hammyman

Note in the link above where it states: where the worker has been away from his home/normal place of work

If where you are taking your meal is your normal place of work, you are not entitled to the allowance.

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scheming_gypsy

The first post is confusing, are you talking about yourself or somebody else as you talk about I followed by he.

Are you employed by the construction company or are you a contractor to the company?
If you're an employee then you can't just claim lunches when you're at work because like Hammyman says, you'd have to eat any way. If you're a contractor to the company then you can claim tax relief on the £12 a day.

LittleVoice

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

The first post is confusing, are you talking about yourself or somebody else as you talk about I followed by he.

I read the OP as meaning a person in HMRC said the OP could not claim because he (the HMRC employee) also was away from home for 12 hours but wasn't able to claim.