Car Mileage/Tax relief

Franco_P

Thread hijack, but can if I've done too much mileage to use form p87, can I just claim for less mileage to stay under the 2500 limit?

Hardly seems worth doing a self assessment for the sake of a few hundred when the p87 form is so easy

BoGoF

Franco_P wrote: »

Thread hijack, but can if I've done too much mileage to use form p87, can I just claim for less mileage to stay under the 2500 limit?

Hardly seems worth doing a self assessment for the sake of a few hundred when the p87 form is so easy

You must have too much money if you believe that to be the case.

Franco_P

Thanks

But in answer to the question, can you use p87 to claim less mileage to stay under the limit? I can't see why not, as you'd be asking for less, essentially.

BoGoF

Suppose there's nothing stopping you completing a P87 with what you want. But what happens if HMRC request mileage logs etc?

In addition completing a Self Assessmeny will mean you get any refund far quicker than P87 method.

Franco_P

It's more the complexity of the self-assess form as opposed to the p87 being simple. I am a tad nervous about making a mistake as there are loads more questions compared with the P87.

But if it's the right thing to do, i'll crack on and do the self-assess, i've got my activation code now.

Other query - I've got mileage records as we keep them on our works systems - do they ever ask for fuel receipts when you're claiming this relief?

Thanks again.

BoGoF

It will be a lot less complicated than you think.

They will check some claims, so keep all records