Daily Subsistence

[northernladuk]

I see your wrong and raise you:
HM Revenue & Customs: Incidental overnight expenses
The company is allowed to pay the expense and claim it as a company expense, but there is a BIC implication if it exceeds £5 (10 if overseas travel).

Indeed but A) Nowhere does it mention food being wholly and exclusively which was your statment verbatim.
B) the £5 is towards things like laundry. That does not make laundry wholly and exclusive either.

All they are doing is acknowleding there is extra cost on top of what you normally pay so give you a little bit to cover.

[JamJarST]

Indeed but A) Nowhere does it mention food being wholly and exclusively which was your statment verbatim.
B) the £5 is towards things like laundry. That does not make laundry wholly and exclusive either.

All they are doing is acknowleding there is extra cost on top of what you normally pay so give you a little bit to cover.

Ah I see, my use of the wholly and exclusively is the issue. Well the cost is allowed as a company expense is what I should have said.

[northernladuk]

Ah I see, my use of the wholly and exclusively is the issue. Well the cost is allowed as a company expense is what I should have said.

Well it is pretty important.

[Hex]

You can claim for meals when away on business to a temporary workplace if the cost of the meal is more than it would cost you normally. See this article:

Meal Allowances | Internet Taxation Ltd

Here's a relevant quote:

It is the extra expense that is allowable but in practice it is not possible to identify the amount of extra expense so where it can be identified that extra expense has been incurred HMRC will allow the full amount of the expense.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

You can claim for meals when away on business to a temporary workplace if the cost of the meal is more than it would cost you normally. See this article:

Meal Allowances | Internet Taxation Ltd

Here's a relevant quote:

It is the extra expense that is allowable but in practice it is not possible to identify the amount of extra expense so where it can be identified that extra expense has been incurred HMRC will allow the full amount of the expense.

So it's impossible to work out the extra cost but if you can do the impossible HMR&C will allow it as an expense - sounds about right

[Hex]

So it's impossible to work out the extra cost but if you can do the impossible HMR&C will allow it as an expense - sounds about right

I think it is more that if you can work out that there is an extra cost but you can't exactly quantify it then you can claim the total. If you buy a sandwich for £3.50 I think it's fairly clear that there is an extra cost over what it would have cost for materials to make this at home. How much extra? £2.50? £2.00? Just claim the £3.50.