Travel expenses

[gettingangry]

Hi

If I start a new 6 month contract (assuming caught by IR35 grrrrrr!!!!) can I claim all travel expenses to and from my home to the office?

This will be by train costing about £450 per month.

However by car it's a 100 mile round trip - so if I drove I could claim 100 * 45p = £45 per day, approx £1000 per month (I'd hit the 10000 miles 45p allowance in 6 months).

Question is - could I travel by train but claim I was travelling by car??

[SueEllen]

If you travel by train you need to keep the receipts. If you travel by car you need to keep other proof of your mileage.

That way if you get inspected you can prove the way you travelled to that particular contract.

What the inspectors are looking out for are liars. So if you are caught being dubious on one thing expect them to delve into other things.

BTW you don't post serious posts in "General". General is for fun.

Admin please move.

[TykeMerc]

Question is - could I travel by train but claim I was travelling by car??

Certainly you can, it's arguably criminal fraud of course and you wouldn't have a leg to stand on if investigated by HMRC. If they dug up this post they could prove pre-meditation so an "I made a mistake" defence would go nowhere.

Feel free to do it and post how you're treated in Her Majesties Home for the Criminally Stupid.

[mudskipper]

Certainly you can, it's arguably criminal fraud of course and you wouldn't have a leg to stand on if investigated by HMRC. If they dug up this post they could prove pre-meditation so an "I made a mistake" defence would go nowhere.

Feel free to do it and post how you're treated in Her Majesties Home for the Criminally Stupid.

Wasn't there a poster recently who phoned the HMRC helpline and asked if this was OK?

[stek]

Hi

If I start a new 6 month contract (assuming caught by IR35 grrrrrr!!!!) can I claim all travel expenses to and from my home to the office?

This will be by train costing about £450 per month.

However by car it's a 100 mile round trip - so if I drove I could claim 100 * 45p = £45 per day, approx £1000 per month (I'd hit the 10000 miles 45p allowance in 6 months).

Question is - could I travel by train but claim I was travelling by car??

You should walk it - no expenses then so sorted. Or maybe some sort of roller skate or skateboard.

Welcome to General BTW....

[MarillionFan]

You should walk it - no expenses then so sorted. Or maybe some sort of roller skate or skateboard.

Welcome to General BTW....

Or ride a bike. You get to claim back 20p per mile then.

Oh.... But what receipts would NLUK collect then to prove the cycle.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Hi

If I start a new 6 month contract (assuming caught by IR35 grrrrrr!!!!) can I claim all travel expenses to and from my home to the office?

This will be by train costing about £450 per month.

However by car it's a 100 mile round trip - so if I drove I could claim 100 * 45p = £45 per day, approx £1000 per month (I'd hit the 10000 miles 45p allowance in 6 months).

Question is - could I travel by train but claim I was travelling by car??

I've got to ask - why would you think that this would be OK???

[The Spartan]

Sorry to play devil's advocate here but I remember participating in a PsychoCandy thread whereby if you're a limited company you don't need to keep fuel receipts as proof (even though I still do) just a log of the journey and mileage.

[northernladuk]

Or ride a bike. You get to claim back 20p per mile then.

Oh.... But what receipts would NLUK collect then to prove the cycle.

Well I can prove I have a well ridden bike. I have the marriage certificate to prove it!!!

[northernladuk]

I've got to ask - why would you think that this would be OK???

^^ This. It's such a moronic question it should really have stayed in General. It's hardly a professional one.