Travel Expenses Query

[kirk]

Yes, yes, I've asked my account and I am awaiting a reply but I thought I would also seek the advice of you knowledgable peeps

I have just been offered a contract renewal at my current client with 50% of my time to be based 150 miles from home.

I have been offered a room at a friends house at a favourable rate but is based 60 miles from the client. Not a major problem for me but my query is 1) can I claim the cost of the room as a business expense and if so how do I account for it?

and

2) Can I claim the mileage both from \ to the friends house and to \ from the client location from there?

My thoughts are that I can claim for both as they would not be incurred was I not working from the second location but.......

Anyway, plan 2 is to rent a flat and expense that but I don't really want to go through the whole letting palava unless I have to.

[ASB]

This might help:-

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM30073.htm

In principle upto 25 quid is regarded as reasonable when staying with friends. Usual caveat.... it is actually paid in some form.

[TheFaQQer]

You can claim what you pay him / her.

He / she gives you a receipt.

He / she declares it as income to HMRC.

He / she pays any applicable tax on it.

There is a "Rent a Room" scheme that means that some of the rental income is tax free to them though.

[kirk]

You can claim what you pay him / her.

He / she gives you a receipt.

He / she declares it as income to HMRC.

He / she pays any applicable tax on it.

There is a "Rent a Room" scheme that means that some of the rental income is tax free to them though.

Yes £80 per week. What about the mileage ?

[TheFaQQer]

Yes £80 per week. What about the mileage ?

No - it equates to £80 a week. BUT you could pay £160 a week for 26 weeks etc. It's an annual income, not weekly based.

[dmini]

No issue with mileage - claim it - as far as I can see. Record as you normally do.