Meal allowance as a PAYE

someboy123

Any help would be much appreciated.

I'm a service engineer based from home however work in temp locations in a 100 radius.

I recieve no lunch allowance and am out of the house 9 hours. I generally buy lunch whilst out.

Is it possible to claim anything back for this or is this wishful thinking ?

strong8096

travel and subsistence expenses yes

unforeseen

Make and take your own sarnies. I've been doing it for years.

I very much doubt that you can claim for lunch. you would still have to provide it if you worked 5 miles away.

ETA
No chance of subsistence unless staying away overnight
https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/information/help?helpcategory=shortform&helpid=P11DBusTrav

Associated travel costs includes the ‘necessary costs of business travel’, such as meals and accommodation if the travel requires an overnight stay. Often this is referred to as subsistence allowance.

Darksparkle

unforeseen wrote: »

Make and take your own sarnies. I've been doing it for years.

I very much doubt that you can claim for lunch. you would still have to provide it if you worked 5 miles away.

ETA
No chance of subsistence unless staying away overnight
https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/information/help?helpcategory=shortform&helpid=P11DBusTrav

There is no need to stay overnight. That's just an example, it says "such as".

See example 2

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-income-manual/eim31816

Op you can't claim it back but can claim tax relief. You'd need to keep receipts.

strong8096

oh yeah we claim meals cause he stays away from home