Personal Incidentals needing receipts?

[Wanderer]

it's a limit that you can claim up to, not a specific amount that you need to claim for each day

Nope. If it chooses to, your LTD company or employer can pay you the full amount of the dispensation with no tax due regardless of how little you spent.

[captainham]

Nope. If it chooses to, your LTD company or employer can pay you the full amount of the dispensation with no tax due regardless of how little you spent.

I think we're more or less talking the same thing. Yes you can claim the full amount regardless of how much less you may actually have spent, but equally you don't have to claim the full amount per day if you don't want to.

For me, I only claim an amount that I think represents how much I have spent, on vending machines, etc. Yes I could max it out each day if I wanted but I choose not to, purely my own choice of course.

[abbeyit]

My umbrella company refused point blank to accept any claim for overnight Incidental expenses if not supported by receipts stating that the HMRC links I provided to them relating to the fact that receipts need not be asked for by an employer or required to be provided by the employee were in realtion to National Insurance Contributions and not Income Tax

[SueEllen]

My umbrella company refused point blank to accept any claim for overnight Incidental expenses if not supported by receipts stating that the HMRC links I provided to them relating to the fact that receipts need not be asked for by an employer or required to be provided by the employee were in realtion to National Insurance Contributions and not Income Tax

They are legally your "employer" so they make the rules and you have to stick to them.

Some of the clients' I've had who have sent staff on trips abroad or to different sites tell them in advance how much per day they have to spend for everything So if they choose a hotel that was too expensive then they had to pay for any extra including their food themselves.

[Wanderer]

My umbrella company refused point blank to accept any claim for overnight Incidental expenses if not supported by receipts stating that the HMRC links I provided to them relating to the fact that receipts need not be asked for by an employer or required to be provided by the employee were in realtion to National Insurance Contributions and not Income Tax

You are probably technically correct but as SueEllen says, they can ask for whatever they want and because they are the employer you have to provide it.

They do have to show that they take reasonable care to prevent abuse and also audit a selection of the claims so it may just be that they will ask to see receipts from everyone...

[mos]

They do have to show that they take reasonable care to prevent abuse and also audit a selection of the claims so it may just be that they will ask to see receipts from everyone...

makes sense.