VAT On Mileage?

[Sockpuppet]

That always puzzled me.

I do 30000 business miles a year and did do when I was a permie. How the heck am I supposed to find petrol reciepts for £9000 to claim the VAT.My diesel does a nice 55 to the gallon. So thats £2233 a year on petrol. Time to act the parents to collect VAT reciepts.

Stinking tax man.

[MrsGoof]

That always puzzled me.

I do 30000 business miles a year and did do when I was a permie. How the heck am I supposed to find petrol reciepts for £9000 to claim the VAT.My diesel does a nice 55 to the gallon. So thats £2233 a year on petrol. Time to act the parents to collect VAT reciepts.

Stinking tax man.

don;t worry, The amount you claim is actuually 2 things, petrol and wear and tear, just keep the reciepts and you'll be fine.

[VectraMan]

don;t worry, The amount you claim is actuually 2 things, petrol and wear and tear, just keep the reciepts and you'll be fine.

The point is the receipts don't add up to the 2p (ish) per mile. Since petrol got cheaper again I've been finding I'm £5-£10 per month short, and that's in a 35mpg car. So in reality you can only claim the true amount, not the per mile amount.

[Nixon Williams]

You only need to prove that you have purchased the fuel and so incurred VAT on the purchase. The amount of receipts is not expected to add up to the cliam amount.

Alan