parking charges

herbalrems

I work at a local hospital and have to pay £10 a month to park there.(the fact my contract says I need to provide a car myself for the post, so I dont think I should pay at all is another matter! )
I have noticed that this is deducted AFTER tax. Is this right? Surely it should be taken before, like my travel expenses? Can someone put me right on this, Ta!

MarkyMarkD

It's not a legitimate business expense, parking at your regular place of work, and so it's right that it comes out of your nett pay.

dag_2

(the fact my contract says I need to provide a car myself for the post, so I dont think I should pay at all is another matter! )

Interesting point. I don't know the answer yet - but is there anything in your contract that says you need to park this particular car in the hospital? Or that the car you need for the contract has got to be the same car that you use to travel to and from work?

I don't know, but I'm wondering if you can sell the car, and then travel to work by bus - or live in on-site accommodation - and then, when you actually need a car to do the duties of the post, you rent one Easycar.com or Avis - and then you claim both the rental fee and the fuel costs back from expenses.

They're probably hoping that you won't do that - because if you do, they'll have to pay out much more travelling expenses than if you use your own car - but if they do let you claim the cost of renting on the fly, then you therefore don't need to keep a car parked in the hospital car park, and therefore cannot claim tax back on the parking fees if you do.

sarahlouise210

as your contract stated you needed to provide a car for the job , you could hardly expect your employer to pay for you to hire a car as thiswould mean that you did not have the car that was expected of you when you took the position. I am assuming you work full time - therefore about 20 days per month.. this equates to 50p per day which is cheap compared to standard parking charges! Where I work the staff who drive in have a space on a rota system and have to pay more than you do. for less days. The staff who cannot get on the rota(based on length of service and distance travelled) have to pay £8.00 per day. It would cost you considerably more than 50p per day to catch the bus and not park... I think you are getting a bargain even though it hurts you! If it was part of your contract to have a car - are they paying you expenses for mileage?if so it is possible you could claim an additional amount from the Inland Revenue-if you are being paid less that 40p per mile you will be able to make a claim(40p for first 10000 miles and 25p after that) lets say you are paid 30p per mile by your employer - you could claim the extra 10p per mile from the taxman, it quickly adds up.

johnllew

you could claim an additional amount from the Inland Revenue-if you are being paid less that 40p per mile you will be able to make a claim(40p for first 10000 miles and 25p after that) lets say you are paid 30p per mile by your employer - you could claim the extra 10p per mile from the taxman, it quickly adds up.

To be clear, you can claim tax relief on the difference. Full details are in the Revenue leaflet IR124.

sarahlouise210

To be clear... I did say lets say you are paid 30p by your employer you can claim the extra 10p per mile from the taxman.... is this not claiming the difference!!!! :-*

sarahlouise210

I see what you are saying now... sorry ...if you claimed the additional 10p you would actually be allocate tax relief of 22% on that (if your highest rate is 22%) woops! tried to explain it so as you would understand but got it wrong again!!! :-[