Mileage expenses

I have an electric car via salary sacrifice which I’ve only just found it is classed as a company car and so I only get 9p per mile which nowhere near covers the cost of travel. I’ve also been using another personal car owned by my wife for work and my company have said that because I have a company car all mileage, even in my diesel private car, has to be paid at the 9p rate as my electric company car. Is that right?

Hi,

As a company car is provided to undertake work related mileage, you cannot claim for using your own car.

Thank you. 

Slightly different but my partner is employed by me as director of a limited company & our home is the office. No this is not a scam. She visits clients daily in the care industry & uses her own vehicle , can she claim mileage to & from clients?

Hi Adrian Wallis

If a care worker then they can claim Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) as their own vehicle is being used for business travel - this does not include home to permanent workplace. If rhe expenses are under £2500 they should fill in and send us a P87. They will need to complete a self-assessment return as your expenses are over £2,500.

Thank you

Sorry the question is can she claim mileage from home office to client from employer which is me ?
Regards 

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Hi 
If a care worker then they can claim Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) as their own vehicle is being used for business travel.
This does not include home to permanent workplace. 
Thank you. 

Hi there, I am self employed & one of the companies I do business for only pays me £0.20p per mile when I go to different places to work & I travel in my own car. Can I then claim the extra £0.25p per mile to make it up to the £0.45p per mile I'm entitled to?

Hi Craig,
As your client is paying for the travel mileage, not your business, you treat their payment as gross profit and add their payment to the gross turnover. In turn, you claim business mileage as an expense.
In this way you are still claiming £0.45 per mile and effectively claiming the balance.
Thank you. 

 

Dear Team, Hope you are doing well. I have a query about claiming expenses for travel. My work location and base location as per the contract is London. I work from home 3 days a week and travel to Guildford (customer site) for 2 days a week to perform my duties from my home address in London. Can I claim for this travel from my home address to Guildford customer office as I am using my own personal car? Thanks!

Hi,

We would need to no more details to advise.

Please contact our Income Tax team.

Income Tax: general enquiries

Thank you.

Hi, I work as a Healthcare Assistant for two agencies (in both I have a zero hours contract). I travel to many different care homes (many different locations). I always spend the whole day in one care home. I use my private care to go to the clients (care homes). Am I alloud to claim milaege? One of my agency doesn't pay at all for mileage, another one pays 30p per mile. Thank you!

Hi Barbara,
Please refer to:
Claim tax relief for your job expenses
Thank you. 

 

Good afternoon, I am poised to finalise my self assessment tax return for year ending April 2024 and I am confused about mileage expenses! I am a sole trader and my work involves separate contracts with different clients. I have opted to use simplified mileage expenses which I understand means totalling all my business miles and multiplying that by the standard 45p per mile, the total of which is then entered into the relevant expenses box. However some contractors pay for my mileage and some do not. So my questions are therefore: 1) should I include the fee I receive for mileage in my gross turnover, 2) should I include all my business mileage as expenses or just the mileage that I haven't been paid for.......thanks in anticipation...I suspect there is a simple answer and I am over complicating things! Many thanks..

Hi ,
 

You should add the costs of your mileage that your clients pay for to your gross profit and in turn claim expenses for the mileage. Thank you

Thanks, that's helpful and makes sense.