Claiming mileage expenses

Cas1980

Hi,

I'm hoping someone can advise me. I currently work from home and the company's head office is 40 miles away. I'm expected to attend a monthly meeting which I do not claim mileage for as my decision to live so far away.

However I have some clients there and some clients nearer to home. My boss told me I should claim mileage from the head office address apart from my clients nearer to here which i should claim from my home address. Basically he wants me to claim the shortest distance. I think this is unfair. If he initially stated that mileage should be from head office shouldn't it always be, no matter where the client?

I want to challenge him but cant find anything to say that hes wrong!

Thanks.

StevenMarks

When traveling from home to client we have to subtract the distance we'd usually drive to the office.

Although we are office based when not with clients.

paddedjohn

Sounds fair, your boss could make you come to the office first before traveling to your local clients.

harmony10

As you work from home, any mileage or travel from home, in the course of your business, is classed as business mileage and you should be paid for the actual miles you travel.

saintjammyswine

If the normal working address in your contract is your home address then you can claim mileage from home to any work location. If the normal working address is, for example, your head office then yes, your mileage claim will start from there as from your home to head office will be a private commute rather than work related driving.