Car rental expenses

[Ignis Fatuus]

Questions about rental car for transport to and from client.

1. If I rent a car, can I also claim the petrol that I put in it?

2. If I commute weekly by air, and find it more convenient to have my own car near the client site rather than at home, can I rent a car at my home airport for the weekend, to get me home on Friday and back to the airport on Monday?

[geoffreywhereveryoumaybe]

Reasonable Expenses

So use your own common sense to understand what is and what is not reasonable.

I work abroad and can survive without a car at either end.

Are you another Yank who has lost the use of his legs?

[northernladuk]

So use your own common sense to understand what is and what is not reasonable.

I work abroad and can survive without a car at either end.

Are you another Yank who has lost the use of his legs?

Is this how stupid I sound when I jump on the newbies??

[Clare@InTouch]

1. Yes if it's purely business related.

2. Yes, but it will be a benefit in kind as it's available to you personally. The benefit value will be the cost of rental, so you're likely no better off than if you hired it personally. Or took a taxi, as that would be allowable.

NLUK - No, you have a fine sense of sarcasm my dear

[Ignis Fatuus]

So use your own common sense to understand what is and what is not reasonable.

I work abroad and can survive without a car at either end.

Are you another Yank who has lost the use of his legs?

I can survive without a car at either end, but I might not want to. At the client end it's 2h40 mins from airport to site by public transport, just 1h15 by car. Daily, I will soon have a 6 km trip under my own steam followed by a 30 min bus ride: I might prefer a short drive.

At the home end, I live in Scotland out in the country, it is almost 3 hours to the airport by public transport, not including the 1-1/4 mile walk to the nearest bus stop. Of course I could take taxis but my own car is cheaper and more flexible, hence I'm looking at the option.

And I am not a Yank and not a newbie, and my legs have covered more miles than even your mouth.

[Ignis Fatuus]

1. Yes if it's purely business related.

2. Yes, but it will be a benefit in kind as it's available to you personally. The benefit value will be the cost of rental, so you're likely no better off than if you hired it personally. Or took a taxi, as that would be allowable.

NLUK - No, you have a fine sense of sarcasm my dear

Thanks Clare. Yes inded, it might be better to rent it myself and then claim mileage. Taxi is a bit costly, but indeed an option.

NLUK, appreciation of irony is a rare thing. Tick VG.

[TestMangler]

1. Yes if it's purely business related.

2. Yes, but it will be a benefit in kind as it's available to you personally. The benefit value will be the cost of rental, so you're likely no better off than if you hired it personally. Or took a taxi, as that would be allowable.

NLUK - No, you have a fine sense of sarcasm my dear

And so do you, clearly