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Originally Posted by Cowboy Bob
The amount of expenses you can claim through an umbrella are exactly the same as those you can claim if you work via any other vehicle. If the umbrella tell you anything else, they are lying. Most will use their dispensation as an advertising point - you need to be very aware that the dispensation applies to them, not to you, and that all it means is that they don't have to record the expenses on their P11D form, it is not free money from Gordon Brown (as if he'd ever give money away) - this is very misleading, but nearly all of them try it on.
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As it happens a mate has just joined an umbrella for some agency work he is doing. He asked me about this and they were absolutely crystal about the 5 quid over night allowance etc. They said meals paid for at cost, up to x. So they are not all bad.