Which Umbrella??

[Sausage Surprise]

I found this bunch to be incredibly awful in the past, error riddled payments and had to all but drag them into court to get a few hundred out of them that they owed.

It goes to show that peoples mileages can vary hugely.

Ditto..

[Money Money Money]

My 2p's worth

[London75]

I used Parasol, seemed ok but agree with others, I've not looked back since going Ltd and went with Nixon Williams as they also set the company up for free if you go with them for a year.

Costs similar amount to an umbrella and a others have said you get to keep a lot more of the money generally.

[NickNick]

I was with Giant at the start of my contracting career and I can't really recommend them. They refused mileage on my journey because my car did better MPG than they could cope with. IE my petrol recipts didn't by me enough petrol to drive the mileage I was claiming. There was no way round this and so I left as I was doing 1000 miles a week which were being refused.

[Beefy198]

I was with Giant at the start of my contracting career and I can't really recommend them. They refused mileage on my journey because my car did better MPG than they could cope with. IE my petrol recipts didn't by me enough petrol to drive the mileage I was claiming. There was no way round this and so I left as I was doing 1000 miles a week which were being refused.

I don't see why that matters - 40p a mile covers servicing costs and wear and tear too.

Petrol receipts are a bit of a clunky method anyway - I'm sure that if you had receipts that didn't quite match the amount you've claimed any reasonable tax inspector would quickly check the mileage on google maps....

[NickNick]

I couldn't see why it mattered either, however I was unable to convince Giant of that fact, and they therefore wouldn't let me claim the mileage. So I left.

[zara_backdog]

I was with Giant at the start of my contracting career and I can't really recommend them. They refused mileage on my journey because my car did better MPG than they could cope with. IE my petrol recipts didn't by me enough petrol to drive the mileage I was claiming. There was no way round this and so I left as I was doing 1000 miles a week which were being refused.

I had exactly the same problem with them over the milege thing! when you had to submit your fuel receipts. They had been OK up to then.

[original PM]

I was under the impression that the only reason the brolly needed you mileage receipts was so that they could claim the VAT back.

They did not need it to verify the mileage done.

but things may have changed and maybe I was under the wrong impression in the first place.