Tax deduction for meals provided on employers premises (home office)

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Yes it is. Yes you can.

Thread closed.

Its taken you a while to adopt my new policy but its nice to see you have agreed to it.

Its fun (and longer term will probably be even more fun)..

[northernladuk]

Its taken you a while to adopt my new policy but its nice to see you have agreed to it.

Its fun (and longer term will probably be even more fun)..

Still hurts to type it though

[Contreras]

My interpretation of the subsidised workplace meal rules is that it would be allowable as long as you meet the criteria outlined here:

EIM21671 - Particular benefits: subsidised meals: canteen meals

What you are forgetting is that the HMRC guidance is just that. It's not the law, it's interpretation of the law and an often poorly worded one at that. You can claim anything you like if you're prepared to argue the case in court.

The Judge will decide if it's a valid business expense, not you or HMRC.

I'm not with the "it only saves 20% so why bother" brigade. If it's incurred wholly as a result of business then I'll claim it. But what you're doing here is trying to mould the guidance to fit a (hypothetical) situation that it was never intended to.

What could possible go wrong?... Your accountant may refuse to prepare the accounts. An HMRC inspection may go into more detail than normal, costing your time (and possibly accountancy fees), or your card is marked and further visits follow. If you're really lucky, you achieve fame and notoriety with YourCo v HMRC published as case history within the HMRC guidance itself.

[northernladuk]

What could possible go wrong?... Your accountant may refuse to prepare the accounts. An HMRC inspection may go into more detail than normal, costing your time (and possibly accountancy fees), or your card is marked and further visits follow. If you're really lucky, you achieve fame and notoriety with YourCo v HMRC published as case history within the HMRC guidance itself, but still look like a tosser on a popular contracting forum.

FTFY

[Wanderer]

What could possible go wrong?... Your accountant may refuse to prepare the accounts. An HMRC inspection may go into more detail than normal, costing your time (and possibly accountancy fees), or your card is marked and further visits follow. If you're really lucky, you achieve fame and notoriety with YourCo v HMRC published as case history within the HMRC guidance itself.

I remember my accountant giving me the written guidance on what to claim and I asked a few stoopid noobie questions about expenses. She then said something I'll never forget. "You can claim anything you want but if you get investigated and found wanting then you will have to pay the tax, plus interest and a penalty of up to 100% if you knew you did something wrong". Her definition of something wrong was claiming for something that she said I shouldn't claim for.

In the end I chose a quiet life and just stuck with the well tried and tested expense-able things which are quite generous compared to being a permie. Keep it simple and get on with earning money the old fashioned way and don't go spending money you wouldn't normally spend just because "the company is paying for it".

[CloudWalker]

So a "field engineer" would be able to claim for a Lunch at a Petrol Station as they are not at permanent site right?

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So a "field engineer" would be able to claim for a Lunch at a Petrol Station as they are not at permanent site right?

why are you asking in this thread?

[Clare@InTouch]

So a "field engineer" would be able to claim for a Lunch at a Petrol Station as they are not at permanent site right?

You can have a whole area deemed to be a permanent workplace in some circumstances, so not necessarily.