Reply to: Expensing a holiday

[lecyclist]

I suspect the OP was not talking about a research trip to Hull, just a hunch

😎😁Indeed. Adding my smiles belatedly

[dotcom12]

All the previous posters are missing the point. It all depends where your holiday destination is.

If it's Hull, for example, i suggest HMRC will never suspect you were taking a holiday.

I guess Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria , n. Korea and Crimea would also be fine

[MrMarkyMark]

All the previous posters are missing the point. It all depends where your holiday destination is.

If it's Hull, for example, i suggest HMRC will never suspect you were taking a holiday.

For a bloody good reason

I suspect the OP was not talking about a research trip to Hull, just a hunch

[lecyclist]

In addition to being a contractor, i am also a freelance writer - short fiction, and the kind- all under the same Ltd company.

i was wondering if i can expense a holiday - undertaken for research.

All the previous posters are missing the point. It all depends where your holiday destination is.

If it's Hull, for example, i suggest HMRC will never suspect you were taking a holiday.

[MrMarkyMark]

They are but you will be inside IR35

Yeh, should be plenty of roles there now

[SueEllen]

I'm in the wrong job, does anyone know whether HMRC are looking for contractors

They are but you will be inside IR35

[dotcom12]

I'm sure that's exactly what HMRC will say.

To save a few K, I do not think it would be worth it.
Especially if HMRC use this as an excuse to carry out other investigations.

I'm in the wrong job, does anyone know whether HMRC are looking for contractors

[MrMarkyMark]

I can understand the duality element, however, the facts of the case need to be fully examined i.e. what research was undertaken and was the holiday incidental to the research being undertaken i.e. if you were on the poolside thinking about the novel then that would constitute a holiday whereas if you attended a Expo then maybe a proportion of the costs could be considered as allowable

I'm sure that's exactly what HMRC will say.

To save a few K, I do not think it would be worth it.
Especially if HMRC use this as an excuse to carry out other investigations.

[dotcom12]

I can understand the duality element, however, the facts of the case need to be fully examined i.e. what research was undertaken and was the holiday incidental to the research being undertaken i.e. if you were on the poolside thinking about the novel then that would constitute a holiday whereas if you attended a Expo then maybe a proportion of the costs could be considered as allowable

[radish2008]

I expensed the old man's face on the same basis.

[BigRed]

In addition to being a contractor, i am also a freelance writer - short fiction

You certainly are.

[northernladyuk]

This sounds like a friend of mine that expensed a sofa on the basis she sat on it sometimes when working from home.

I expensed the old man's face on the same basis.

[TheFaQQer]

In any case I did ask my accountant and he didn't see any issue with it... btw I only expensed the flight, nothing else.

Which is completely different from going on holiday, putting it on expenses and claiming the whole thing.

You claimed travel to and from a business meeting, and nothing else. If you had claimed the hotel when you weren't there for a meeting then that would have been very different.

[SandyD]

Duality then? You think HMRC are not going to see through that and question it?

Well if I had a business meeting / interview and the only flight at a reasonable costs were at specific dates, what am I supposed to do?? Stay in the hotel stuck until my day of leaving??
Even when business men go on conference or training they usually have specific days for entertainment, and getting to know the place...
In any case I did ask my accountant and he didn't see any issue with it... btw I only expensed the flight, nothing else.

[northernladuk]

I have expensed flights to places I had interviews or where arranged business meetings where I wanted to explore possible contract opportunities, however I also stayed at that country for a few more days exploring ... so arrange for a few interviews or business meeting where you are going??

I have a friend in Norway (I know different laws) but also does the same, arranges some business meetings, or conferences, then spends a few more days with me and we both do some trips in the UK.

Duality then? You think HMRC are not going to see through that and question it?