Parental mileage allowance?

Dark_horse666

does this need to be declared as income? Mileage paid by the local authority so parent can take child with SEN to school instead of using school transport.

Thank you 

pramsay13

I wouldn't have thought so.
It's to cover expenses that would otherwise have to be paid by the council.
You may well be able to get tax relief on the mileage as well, it depends what the allowance is.
Might be worth having a chat with HMRC to see what they are saying.

Dark_horse666

pramsay13 said:

I wouldn't have thought so.
It's to cover expenses that would otherwise have to be paid by the council.
You may well be able to get tax relief on the mileage as well, it depends what the allowance is.
Might be worth having a chat with HMRC to see what they are saying.

Thank you I’ll try to get through to them at dome point.

The local authority pay 60p per mile 

poppy12345

Dark_horse666 said:

does this need to be declared as income? Mileage paid by the local authority so parent can take child with SEN to school instead of using school transport.

Thank you 

No it doesn't. My local authority used to pay me to take my daughter to college and it didn't affect any of my benefits. They do this when there's no taxi available to take them.

Dark_horse666

poppy12345 said:

Dark_horse666 said:

does this need to be declared as income? Mileage paid by the local authority so parent can take child with SEN to school instead of using school transport.

Thank you 

No it doesn't. My local authority used to pay me to take my daughter to college and it didn't affect any of my benefits. They do this when there's no taxi available to take them.

Thank you. They have a place on a mini bus but not sure how he’d cope so they’ve offered me mileage. Need to speak to work to see if they can offer me flexible hours to work around pickups

pramsay13

You won't get tax relief on the mileage as that's a decent mileage rate and the relief might only be using car for work purposes anyway rather than expenses for something else.