Car Parking Fees introduced by Employer

sunshinetours

As your question about commuting costs and tax relief has already been answered......

Its a big increase compared with the artificially low parking she has previously enjoyed , that is the issue for you I guess. Not sure what the issue is with mentioning consultants though, should they pay more to park than other staff then because they earn more??

DCodd

H2GGA wrote: »

You are exactly correct in that the four non-subsidised days were done to encourage alternative methods in getting to work. I can appreciate all the answers to this in that she should not be entitled to claim anything. However it does seem a shame that employees take the brunt of what was basically poor management in not getting a properly sized car park in the first place as the hospital was only built around 5 years ago. Building a multi storey car park was dismissed through cost reasons so they have penalised staff by trying to enforce employees to travel to work by alternative means. No doubt green ones amongst us will applaud the action. My wife only works part time but will still pay the same amount for driving to work as a consultant. Nothing's very fair is it?

Has there always been only a £1 charge? If so it might be prudent to seek advice regarding "implied terms" within the contract of employment. If the hospital has, since it's inception i.e. you say about 5 years always allowed staff to park for £1 a day then it could be argued that it is an implied term and condition of their contracts (even though it is not written down or verbally agreed as one).

It is a long shot but worth investigating.

System

sunshinetours wrote: »

should they pay more to park than other staff then because they earn more??

Somebody is missing a trick here. MEANS TESTED CAR PARKING CHARGES (TM)

Guaranteed way to make money.

sofedupwithbank

Unfortunately this happens in most nhs hospitals. I left the NHS in 1990 and was paying an annual fee to the hospital for parking.

My husband who unfortunately during the course of his job visits 3 different hospitals per week has to pay for the 3 different car parks.

I have always felt that it was wrong to have to pay to come to work!

le_loup

sofedupwithbank wrote: »

I have always felt that it was wrong to have to pay to come to work!

So someone who commutes by train should not pay for parking at the station? Someone who works in a town should not pay for the public car park?
Wouldn't it be nice if all our costs were paid for by someone else.

lincroft1710

sofedupwithbank wrote: »

I have always felt that it was wrong to have to pay to come to work!

Who do you believe should pay for the fuel used in getting to work? The employer??

John_Pierpoint

I think "the firm's bus service" is still an allowable business expense and not a benefit in kind to the employee?

What about those rail and bus and municipal employees who get cheap or free transport?

jimmo

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

I think "the firm's bus service" is still an allowable business expense and not a benefit in kind to the employee?

What about those rail and bus and municipal employees who get cheap or free transport?

1) Yes it does.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM21850.htm
2)These are known as “in house benefits” where the measure of the assessable benefit is the marginal cost to the employer of providing the benefit.
However, as far as I know, no-one at HMRC has ever tried to work out how much extra fuel a bus or train would use if it carried one more passenger on a freebie.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM21110.htm