Adrian Hickman

Thanks, that's helpful and makes sense.

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..