Work car parking charges

Toms_2

Hi , looking for info for my wife ( NHS STAFF NURSE) Unfortunity my wife has to pay car parking charges to park at the hospital where she works , for some years now she has parked outside the hospital and walked some 10mins to her place of work , but with the dark nights of winter approaching it may be time to buy a parking ticket for the year ( £350) I know that she can't claim for travel cost but can she claim as part of expense due NHS hospital parking charges ( hospital is PFI based in Edinburgh ) we live 25 miles from work

Thanks in advance

Kite2010

I thought hospitals north of the border had scrapped parking charges?

Toms_2

Kite2010 wrote: »

I thought hospitals north of the border had scrapped parking charges?

Edinburgh Royal was privately built and leased for the next 20 or so years from consort ( PFI ) :mad:

jhp

You can only claim parking fees if its a business journey.

See:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/relief-travel.htm

Toms_2

jhp wrote: »

You can only claim parking fees if its a business journey.



Thanks for your reply , it's a journey to work that basically needs my wife to park in the paying car park( with in the hospital grounds ) £7 per night for nhs staff :mad:

With the winter nights it's now not safe to walk the 10 mins to work from where my wife was parking her car .

We're not looking to claim on fuel costs just to see if we can reclaim tax on the parking .

imoneyop

Toms wrote: »

We're not looking to claim on fuel costs just to see if we can reclaim tax on the parking .

No, you can't reclaim it. Lots of people have to pay parking costs to get to work (for example those that park at a station and commute) - it's just another cost you have to factor in when you assess the cheapest way of getting to work.

R_P_W

Toms wrote: »

Hi , looking for info for my wife ( NHS STAFF NURSE) Unfortunity my wife has to pay car parking charges to park at the hospital where she works , for some years now she has parked outside the hospital and walked some 10mins to her place of work , but with the dark nights of winter approaching it may be time to buy a parking ticket for the year ( £350) I know that she can't claim for travel cost but can she claim as part of expense due NHS hospital parking charges ( hospital is PFI based in Edinburgh ) we live 25 miles from work

Thanks in advance

350 a year? Seems a small price to pay for your wife's safety!

Toms_2

R_P_W wrote: »

350 a year? Seems a small price to pay for your wife's safety!

You are 100% correct , just seems a bit unfair since it's the only NHS hospital in Scotland with parking charges , :mad::mad:

droopsnoot

Toms wrote: »

Thanks for your reply , it's a journey to work that basically needs my wife to park in the paying car park( with in the hospital grounds ) £7 per night for nhs staff

Have I misread? £350 for the year doesn't work out at £7 per night. If the per-night is £7 but an annual ticket is £350, that's a serious discount. Still a lot of money, but a big discount from the £1700-odd it would be if you paid each night.

Only other ways to minimise that would be car-share which you'll have thought of. Too far to be saving money by using public transport, even assuming yours is better than mine.

Reue

Toms wrote: »

You are 100% correct , just seems a bit unfair since it's the only NHS hospital in Scotland with parking charges , :mad::mad:

Not really seeing what the unfairness is here. Plenty of other people have to pay for parking for their work. Plenty more have to pay for public transport or park-and-rides because their work has no parking.

anmarj

Toms wrote: »

You are 100% correct , just seems a bit unfair since it's the only NHS hospital in Scotland with parking charges , :mad::mad:

Ninewells is another hospital where we still pay parking charges, so it is not the only hospital in scotland with parking charges:D