IR 35 Financial Risk Questions - Interpretation?

Grumpy_chap

I don't think just the reimbursement of mileage expenses would make you outside of IR35.  So many employees do that too.

AIUI, the expenses thing is really about you providing a service for an agreed rate upfront and if you incur expenses then you have to pay them before the Client will pay the invoice, but the Client does not add the value of the expenses to the invoice.  Your agreed rate has to include whatever the expenses were plus your time.  The expenses could be something low value and straightforward (like mileage) or could be anything else, so a computer, tools, equipment needed to deliver the service but whatever, the agreed rate is deemed to include the expenses whatever they are.