more than 24 months claiming expenses - any way around?

[SueEllen]

Question is can I do this?., afteral SE Kent can be deemed as permanent work place which then makes SW England a temporary journey despite the fact that I have been going there at least twice a week for last 8 mths

I would advise you to read and digest HMRC booklet 490.

Now personally as long as the contract my employer had made it clear that my permanent place of work was SE Kent then I would say that the place in SW England was temporary. I would expect my employer's contract to clearly state the address of the office in SW Kent was the place of work. However I'm aware that consultancies get around paying travelling expenses for employees by stating that offices in particular geographic locations are permanent work places even if the locations aren't right next to each other.

[ShandyDrinker]

Having thought about this a little more over the last couple of days what would be the situation if the company paid for the travel/accommodation to the client site rather than me paying personally and claiming back from the company? Surely it is just seen as a cost of sales? As I'm no accountant I don't know. I have asked my accountant to get back to me about it (if indeed they know).

It just seems rather daft to me that I should potentially be put in a position to turn down work (due to the cost of getting to the location outside of the UK mainland) because of this rule.