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P87 - business mileage claim

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  • notanewuser
    notanewuser Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    sidsnot617 wrote: »
    I see now, thanks.
    I don't deduct what I paid back to the company; it's the whole fuel card bill for the year :-)

    No, you need to separate the number of miles you did privately and what you repaid from the business miles. The £4000 isn't the right amount to deduct.

    What are the actual figures?

    Business miles = ?
    Personal miles = ?
    Fuel card total = ?
    Fuel repayment = ?
    Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman
  • My actual figures for 2012-2013 are:-


    Total business miles = 14169
    Total private miles = 2976
    Total fuel card bill = £3065.74
    Total Private fuel paid back = £2976


    FYI
    I'm based from home and have access to other cars





  • Sorry
    Total private fuel paid back is £565.65
  • You can only claim 45p on the first 10,000 miles. Starting to think I will have to pay an accountant :-(
  • Sorry, I mentioned previously I was dumb, sorry!
    What confuses me the most is what I put down as "mileage payments" received?
  • Update....
    A friend gave me a phone number of an accountant he knows and he told me..........


    If my total business miles are 14169
    It's 10000 x 45p = £4500
    It's 4169 x 25p = £1042.25


    Totalling £5542


    My total allowance payments received will be "the total fuel card expenditure minus payments paid back to company" :-


    Total fuel card = £3065.74
    Total repayment = £565.65
    Results in £2500.09


    Therefore I can claim business mileage relief £3042 (£5542-£2500)
  • Does anyone disagree with what I was told?
  • jennifernil
    jennifernil Posts: 5,821 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    No, that is correct.
  • anselld
    anselld Posts: 8,733 Forumite
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    sidsnot617 wrote: »
    Update....
    A friend gave me a phone number of an accountant he knows and he told me..........


    If my total business miles are 14169
    It's 10000 x 45p = £4500
    It's 4169 x 25p = £1042.25


    Totalling £5542


    My total allowance payments received will be "the total fuel card expenditure minus payments paid back to company" :-


    Total fuel card = £3065.74
    Total repayment = £565.65
    Results in £2500.09


    Therefore I can claim business mileage relief £3042 (£5542-£2500)


    Agreed. (Exactly as I said in post 2 :))
  • Thanks all, appreciate your help
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