Originally posted by bangface
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Claiming under 3 miles per day
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Originally posted by bangface View PostI think it is to do with the rules imposed on them by the dispensation they have agreed with HMRC, so if they have said you cannot claim your travel because you live within a stones throw of the clients site then they are probably correct in a sense...I have had similar experiences with at least 2 brollies in the past that have said I could not claim travel because I lived to close to the client site (admittedly it was only a 2 mile distance and probably took me all of 20 minutes to walk it, but I chose to drive and as it only amounted to a few quid each week I wasn't too bothered!!).Comment
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Originally posted by Craig@InTouch View PostA dispensation just removes the need to send in receipts or report it on the P11D if it is within the agreed rates. Claiming for legitimate business expenses should still be allowable. As everyone else has mentioned, it'll be more to do with the hassle of processing 75p.Comment
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostAbsolutely not - a dispensation is issued to save the umbrella company time in their accounting functions, it has nothing to do with what can or can't be claimed as an expenseComment
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Originally posted by bangface View PostI've always had to send in my receipts (computer software, books, meals, hotel, etc) to the brolly irrelevant of who I have used, but are you saying that I haven't needed to do this? I'm not sure that would be the case as how would the brolly know whether my claims were true or not? I mean whats to stop me or any other contractor claiming for expenses that have just been made up if the brolly isn't going to verify the claims if they do not have sight of the receipts? Something doesn't sound right with that or is it because the brollies don't care what I claim for as its my look out what happens with the tax man at the end of the day?Comment
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostOr use a decent brolly! Stop dissing MalBlog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostObjection! I'm not dissing anyone, but if you don't like sticking to someone else's rules, you either got to someone whose rules you do like or get to the position where you set your own.Comment
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostObjection over-ruled True but any decent brolly won't have any more rules or limitations than any other employer and the rules we do have are courtesy of HMR&CBlog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by bangface View PostI've always had to send in my receipts (computer software, books, meals, hotel, etc) to the brolly irrelevant of who I have used, but are you saying that I haven't needed to do this? I'm not sure that would be the case as how would the brolly know whether my claims were true or not? I mean whats to stop me or any other contractor claiming for expenses that have just been made up if the brolly isn't going to verify the claims if they do not have sight of the receipts? Something doesn't sound right with that or is it because the brollies don't care what I claim for as its my look out what happens with the tax man at the end of the day?
I don't know how other companies work but we manually check each expense claim before it is processed to ensure (a) the expense is actually allowable (b) the expense is plausible (a claim for a hotel from someone that works 5 miles from home would be questioned) (c) that the employee has not fallen foul of the 24 month rule. We then also conduct random expense checks which means that a selection of employees are asked for their receipts to prove their expense claims; if a claim cannot be verified it wont be processed. Basically, we have to ensure, for our own sake and our employee's sake that we conduct the same sort of checks that HMR&C would undertake in the event of an investigation. Unfortunately, as processed expenses increase take home pay some companies will turn a blind eye or even encourage claiming erroneous expenses as a way to encourage people to use their services. We have said for years - the only difference in take home pay between umbrella companies should be determined only by their fees.Comment
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostObjection over-ruled True but any decent brolly won't have any more rules or limitations than any other employer and the rules we do have are courtesy of HMR&C
As an employee of one's own LtdCo one can claim for attending interviews. You can't through a brolly.
As an employee of one's own LtdCo one can claim for travelling up to a new ClientCo on Sunday and the hotel on the Sunday night, but seemingly not with brollies because the contract has not begun.
As an employee of one's own LtdCo one can claim for attending professional meetings, e.g. BCS, but seemingly not through brollies as it does not directly relate to getting that specific contract done.
Ditto for buying kit, software, training, some travel and some other twiddly bits.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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