"Company" fines

[mudskipper]

When a key employee of MyCo was caught for speeding, MyCo paid to hire a legal representative who helped the driver get points and not a ban, on the basis that said key employee needs his driving licence and losing it would have heavily impacted MyCo's business.

Your key employee should have got his wife to take the points.

[BrilloPad]

Luckily, I can offset them both against tax.

This is true. Just go ahead and claim.

[Paddy]

You cannot claim for fines when you break the law, unless it's treated as a benefit in kind (the company paying your personal liability). The same goes for legal fees - you can claim them if you win, but not if you lose.

Oddly though I think it was Gordon Ramsey who appealed parking fines and got away with it, because he got so many it was deemed to be a part of his trading expenditure. He had to park outside his restaurants in London, there was never anywhere to park, so he got them on a daily basis.

Parking fines are now known a civil penalties and only enforceable via civil courts

[KentPhilip]

Try taking 4 trays of cabbages on the tube.

People would think you've been playing "crackerjack"?

[CloudWalker]

How fast were you going? Was it enough to make a Delorean go back in time ?