Lunch Anyone?

[Captain Jack]

Keep the receipts for the bread, marg, ham and crisps though won't you

This is a contactors' board Flubster so I'm sure you meant keep the receipts for the beluga, blinis and bolly.

[Flubster]

Get your missus to make sandwiches, godammit. Make her a paid employee of YourCo and reap the benefit that way. Other companies have caterers, so why not you? Keep the receipts for the bread, marg, ham and crisps though won't you

[To BI or not to BI?]

OK, your funeral. In my original post I said "There is no such thing as a lunch allowance unless you are working for someone else, in which case use their rules whatever they may be", which is you as an umbrella client, if you hadn't realised. The rest of the discussion is about people with their own companies.

It all stops for brolly users and MSCs on April 5th anyway, doesn't it - or did you miss that minor detail?

Funnily enough, GIANTS' expense policy now clearly states that receipts ARE required even for subsistance.....

[malvolio]

i have been contracting through umbrellas for 2 years and claiming exactly that.

£10 per day automatic subsistence without receipts.

go **** yerself.

OK, your funeral. In my original post I said "There is no such thing as a lunch allowance unless you are working for someone else, in which case use their rules whatever they may be", which is you as an umbrella client, if you hadn't realised. The rest of the discussion is about people with their own companies.

It all stops for brolly users and MSCs on April 5th anyway, doesn't it - or did you miss that minor detail?

[Cowboy Bob]

Quite possibly but what is the consensus on this?

For those of you stuck in the office all day then you cannot claim this expense but for those of us who are out all day at different sites all the time then I presume it is a bonafide claim.

Yes. Your client's office is regarded as your normal place of work and you cannot claim subsistence when at that site. Any day that you travel to/work at a different site you can claim legitimately.

Also, if you normally work at your own office, then any day that you visit the client's site you can claim legitimately.

[Cowboy Bob]

i have been contracting through umbrellas for 2 years and claiming exactly that.

£10 per day automatic subsistence without receipts.

go **** yerself.

Doesn't make it legal though. If your expenses were ever audited you'd more than likely be in a bit of bother...

[To BI or not to BI?]

i have been contracting through umbrellas for 2 years and claiming exactly that.

£10 per day automatic subsistence without receipts.

go **** yerself.

Oh not again

[el duder]

And illegal - back tax, interest, penalty fine and 6 months at the last reckoning. Still it gets some of the opposition out of the market I suppose.

i have been contracting through umbrellas for 2 years and claiming exactly that.

£10 per day automatic subsistence without receipts.

go **** yerself.

[Bear]

I suspect there isn't a consensus - hence why it keeps getting discussed!

Malvolio has explained the rules - the rest is up to the individual.

I personally don't claim lunch expenses. Spending £5 a day for approx 200 days a year would save me what .. £200 a year in tax. Therefore if it takes me more than about 3hrs a year to collect receipts and do the paperwork - it's not worth it!

but each to their own

[Onyerbike]

Do a search!
This topic has been discussed and discussed and discussed.....
.....almost to death!

Quite possibly but what is the consensus on this?

For those of you stuck in the office all day then you cannot claim this expense but for those of us who are out all day at different sites all the time then I presume it is a bonafide claim.

[malvolio]

just f***kin claim it.

£10 per day nice. subsistence.

And illegal - back tax, interest, penalty fine and 6 months at the last reckoning. Still it gets some of the opposition out of the market I suppose.

[el duder]

When is it permissible to claim the lunch allowance? Has anyone actually claimed this expense and in what context.

just f***kin claim it.

£10 per day nice. subsistence.

[malvolio]

When is it permissible to claim the lunch allowance? Has anyone actually claimed this expense and in what context.

There is no such thing as a lunch allowance unless you are working for someone else, in which case use their rules whatever they may be.

You can claim the cost of lunch (with a proof of purchase) as a business expense if you are working away from your place of work and haven't trripped the 2-year rule and it won't be classed as a BIK. Otherwise you can still claim it, but it will be a BIK, will need to be declared on the P11D and you will pay tax on the amount.

The other bit is the allowable per diem expense regime where you can claim meal costs up to certain limits for what are essentially overnight stays and they will be exempted from the BIK - you still need proof of purchase though.

To put it simply, prove you've bought it and you can claim it. Whether or not you then get taxed on it is another question.

[Bear]

Do a search!

This topic has been discussed and discussed and discussed.....


.....almost to death!

[Onyerbike]

When is it permissible to claim the lunch allowance? Has anyone actually claimed this expense and in what context.