Claiming Travel Expenses Situation

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Would greatly appreciate any advice on this:

Did 9 months at A and then left for 4 months at B. Now I am completing another 11 months at A and have just been offered an extension for 6 months. Is 4 months enough to reset the 24 month rule?

Cheers

[eek]

Would greatly appreciate any advice on this:

Did 9 months at A and then left for 4 months at B. Now I am completing another 11 months at A and have just been offered an extension for 6 months. Is 4 months enough to reset the 24 month rule?

Cheers

No as you would be over the 40% of your time in the last 24 months part of it.

[northernladuk]

No as you would be over the 40% of your time in the last 24 months part of it.

and bearing this in mind the 24 month rule never 'resets' as such. You just spend less than 40% in the last 24 months. Because it is rolling even being away for 6+ months wouldn't reset, just mean you can claim a little more until you hit the 40% again, which will be less than 2 years.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

As Eek said this break won't reset the 24 month rule clock - example here from the powers that be Travel expenses: travel for necessary attendance: the 24 month rule: breaks in attendance: example

[eek]

As Eek said this break won't reset the 24 month rule clock - example here from the powers that be Travel expenses: travel for necessary attendance: the 24 month rule: breaks in attendance: example

Its actually worse than that.

If you work somewhere for 11 months, leave for a year and then return to the first place for the whole of year 3 you can't claim expenses as you're over the 40% rule.

Its not the greatest example but it nearly caught me out a few years back.

[pcgtron]

Ok, so i've been wondering where I stand with this.
I travel to a different place of work nearly everyday. Most of this work in is London but in different areas.

What do the people of this forum think of my movements over the last year and whether my clock is at 0 or at 12 months.

May-June: Battersea & all over London (Job A)
June: Morocco for a week (Job A)
July-August: 4 weeks in Stockport (Job B)
Sept - Dec: All over Kent (Job C)
Jan - London for a week (Job D)
March - April: Weybridge and all over South West London (Job E)

Any ideas where I stand?

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Its actually worse than that.

If you work somewhere for 11 months, leave for a year and then return to the first place for the whole of year 3 you can't claim expenses as you're over the 40% rule.

Its not the greatest example but it nearly caught me out a few years back.

Yep it's not the easiest thing to monitor - typical HMR&C though - nothing's straight forward

[northernladuk]

Any ideas where I stand?

In a lot of different places I would say. HTH

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Ok, so i've been wondering where I stand with this.
I travel to a different place of work nearly everyday. Most of this work in is London but in different areas.

What do the people of this forum think of my movements over the last year and whether my clock is at 0 or at 12 months.

May-June: Battersea & all over London (Job A)
June: Morocco for a week (Job A)
July-August: 4 weeks in Stockport (Job B)
Sept - Dec: All over Kent (Job C)
Jan - London for a week (Job D)
March - April: Weybridge and all over South West London (Job E)

Any ideas where I stand?

All depends what happens over the next 12 months

[kevpuk]

Any ideas where I stand?

In a lot of different places I would say. HTH

Ah, this is one of those logic questions, isn't it? Umm......on your feet?