Mystery Shopping Thread 23 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES

ChickenGirl

I just wondered. If you do a petrol MS and have to buy petrol, would you still claim mileage and expenses for a purchase you were obliged to buy as part of the job? Because you've bought your petrol for the mileage. It just seems a bit odd.

Big_Graeme

ChickenGirl wrote: »

I just wondered. If you do a petrol MS and have to buy petrol, would you still claim mileage and expenses for a purchase you were obliged to buy as part of the job? Because you've bought your petrol for the mileage. It just seems a bit odd.

You claim mileage EVERY SINGLE TIME, without fail, always.

The petrol purchase is needed to do the job so it is an expense, you claim this against tax.

If you start making exceptions in your business a tax audit would have an argument that you should not have any expenses against tax.

Big_Graeme

I wonder how quickly BARE will allocate those nice computer jobs, I've an afternoon free

Edit: Very quickly and by phone, I am now a happy bunny :-)

PeteW

Big_Graeme wrote: »

You claim mileage EVERY SINGLE TIME, without fail, always.

What if you did two shops that were right next to each other, presumably that would be an exception and you'd only claim mileage for one job?

superflygal

PeteW wrote: »

What if you did two shops that were right next to each other, presumably that would be an exception and you'd only claim mileage for one job?

Unless you made one trip am and one trip pm??

SFG x

Big_Graeme

PeteW wrote: »

What if you did two shops that were right next to each other, presumably that would be an exception and you'd only claim mileage for one job?

You would obviously claim the correct mileage, the question was SHOULD the poster claim mileage in the first place. The answer to that question is ALWAYS.

ChickenGirl

I have claimed it and would have done. It just seemed a little odd. Thanks for the clarification.

System

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Just finishing up an ABAI petrol shop, I've just checked the receipt and I've not been charged for one of my bulky items. Not sure what to do here.

The same thing happened to me. I did it again the next day.

Middy

Fed up with the number of opticians assignments here! My eye condition isn't covered by the NHS for free tests, but get them done for free at the hospital.

I could murder for some freebie painkillers though!

Plus sick of the pizza places as well.

PeteW

Big_Graeme wrote: »

I wonder how quickly BARE will allocate those nice computer jobs, I've an afternoon free.

Those fees are crazy good! I thought it was a typo at first! Now I just need to read the 17 pages to find out what I've signed myself up for…