Oyster Card and claiming as expense

[TheFaQQer]

I have mine on a £20 auto top-up charged to company debit card.

[Gonzo]

I have mine on a £20 auto top-up charged to company debit card.

Does that not present an issue reconciling actual journeys taken for business purposes with expenditure?

I would imagine that for you it is not too difficult to prove that your journeys in London are all business related. HMRC could challenge that for people who live in or near London I would have thought?

[TheFaQQer]

Does that not present an issue reconciling actual journeys taken for business purposes with expenditure?

I would imagine that for you it is not too difficult to prove that your journeys in London are all business related. HMRC could challenge that for people who live in or near London I would have thought?

I'm only in London on business, so it should be fairly easy to argue.

[spig]

I've lived in zone 1 central London for a long time now, and need to travel almost daily to a couple of clientco offices from home and sometimes between them. Zone 1 weekly/monthly travelcard on oyster is not possible, you can only get zone 1-2 which is a waste for me as I rarely travel that far out of London unless it's long distance on a proper train, I see no reason to ever get the tube out into the suburbs having tried it once before. So I always use PAYG oyster.

I have a peronsal oyster for weekends and evenings, obviously no claim on expenses. I have a work oyster card for the daily commute which I expense claim through brolly, always top up by the max £50 and get receipt to submit. I also have a clientco funded one for intersite travel which I submit receipts to them for. I never register oystercards, I see no point.

Getting the last dozen or so journeys or top up amounts on a can be done easily at any station. I've refunded half a dozen or so Oysters with no problems at all, take 5 minutes at any station (in zone 1 at least), getting your £3 back for the cost of the card as well as any unused credit. Had loads of mates who've visited for the weekend over the years do that as well to avoid the ludicrous £4 zone 1 journey cost on paper tickets. They stick the full amount straight back on your debit/credit card.

[NickNick]

Buy a pack of blank cab receipts from Rymans and fill in whatever you like.

Not that I ever did of course.

You want Custom Receipts.
http://www.customreceipts.com/