Travel expenses: travel card if living in London

[Goggy]

Hi
I live in London (zone 4). My current contract is: 3 days a week on site in central London(zone 1) /2 days from home( e.g exactly 40% of time). Contract is less than 24 months. My client doesn't pay expenses.
Can I pay myself back the cost of the london travelcard and lunches via Ltd?

My accountant says that if the client was paying expenses I could , but since no - then I can't
I'm reading the giudelines and don't find relevant rules.

Can anyone could explain/point out where to read the explanation on:
a) how the expenses I claim via Ltd depend on whether client covers them or not.
b) Can travel expenses can be claimed if I live and work in London.
c) How the situation be different if I was working from the client's office:

c.1) 1 day a week

c.2) 5 days a week

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Thank you

[MrButton]

Read the faq about the 24 month rule. There are too many questions to ask to get an idea of your situation about what you can and can’t claim.

But
A-they don’t
B-yes if not caught by the 24 month rule
C-there is No difference. But you’d have to work out if it’s cheaper to get day tickets rather than a travel card. Hmrc wouldn’t be happy with you getting a month travel card to go to the client site 4 times. For example

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

You can claim travel and subsistence if you are travelling to a temporary workplace and are not caught by the 24 month rule. As you spend more than 40% of your time onsite you will need to evaluate the 24 month part of the rule.

You might also need to take into consideration any time spent at a precious client site if it was broadly in the same place and in the journey was the same.

There’s a big sticky thread about this.

It’s also acceptable to get a travel card if the overall cost is less than the equivalent day tickets.

It makes no difference if you are recharging the costs to your client.