I've always done as many expenses as I can directly from the business so as to avoid any P11D issues. I might be an isolated case, but when I racked up lots of expenses as a permie, HMRC started sending me letters about it and pushed me onto Self Assessment.
Makes no different overall, but it was much easier to just not worry about it
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"expenses" means more than one thing.
There is an expense that you have paid for personally and the company can reimburse you for.
And there is an expense that is something the company can pay for and it is treated in a specific way. A business expense.
These are not mutually exclusive.
The first needs to fit both criteria. IE. To claim a personal expense from the business, it needs to be a genuine business expense.
The business can buy the first s well as it makes no difference.
To complicate matters, not all business expenses can be paid personally and reclaimed. Pension payments are a legitimate business expense, but you CANNOT pay personally and claim it back from the company. It absolutely has to be paid from the company account.
Confused????
Get an accountant and use him/her.
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Originally posted by Craig@Clarity View Post
Have the company pay for it directly. Same with anything else that's business related e.g. stationery, postage, etc. It'll be easier from an admin point of view too as you won't have to faff around with recording expenses and reimbursing yourself.
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Originally posted by wanstronian View PostI'm set up as a limited company, working on a project that's outside IR35.
I'm aware that business travel is a legitimate expense and that I, as an employee of my company, can pay for travel then claim it back.
This seems to be a bit inefficient. Far easier to buy business travel tickets directly from my business account. However, I can't find anything online that tells me whether this is allowed. Google just keeps telling me that travel is a claimable expense.
So: can my business buy my travel tickets, or do I need to jump through the additional hoops of buying it on my personal account, submitting an expense claim, then paying myself back from the business account?
Thanks in advance.
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Are you using Freeagent? Just enter your expenses in there. Doesn't take long, it's got all the categories does the VAT etc. If you are using an accountant that doesn't offer freeagent I'd strongly suggest you swap to one. It makes life a lot easier.
Just remember your job now is running a business. Doing the IT stuff at a client is the easy bit, even the perms can do it. You have legal duties running a business so make sure you get up to speed with that first.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostCrikey, you've got a steep learning curve ahead of you. You need to clearly understand company money and your money and the mechanisms between them and this would be a very obvious answer.
Yes it can. Most of us pay for it personally as we can use points based cards or don't bother with company business cards and then just claim it back in Freeagent. It's not hard once you get used to it but up to you.
Just a note. You aren't an employee of your business. If you were you would be constrained by employment law including having to pay yourself NMW which I assume you don't currently. As a director you are an officer of the company. I bit of pedantry but you need to learn everything you can about your company and you if you are going to understand it enough to not have to ask questions like that.
But standard advice.. Always ask your accountant. They are a paid professional in tax matters, we are a bunch of your fellow contractors who's advice is worth as much as you paid for it.
Also use the search method to look for previously asked questions. In google type site:forums.contractoruk.com
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Crikey, you've got a steep learning curve ahead of you. You need to clearly understand company money and your money and the mechanisms between them and this would be a very obvious answer.
Yes it can. Most of us pay for it personally as we can use points based cards or don't bother with company business cards and then just claim it back in Freeagent. It's not hard once you get used to it but up to you.
Just a note. You aren't an employee of your business. If you were you would be constrained by employment law including having to pay yourself NMW which I assume you don't currently. As a director you are an officer of the company. I bit of pedantry but you need to learn everything you can about your company and you if you are going to understand it enough to not have to ask questions like that.
But standard advice.. Always ask your accountant. They are a paid professional in tax matters, we are a bunch of your fellow contractors who's advice is worth as much as you paid for it.
Also use the search method to look for previously asked questions. In google type <keywords> site:forums.contractoruk.com
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Can my business buy my travel tickets?
I'm set up as a limited company, working on a project that's outside IR35.
I'm aware that business travel is a legitimate expense and that I, as an employee of my company, can pay for travel then claim it back.
This seems to be a bit inefficient. Far easier to buy business travel tickets directly from my business account. However, I can't find anything online that tells me whether this is allowed. Google just keeps telling me that travel is a claimable expense.
So: can my business buy my travel tickets, or do I need to jump through the additional hoops of buying it on my personal account, submitting an expense claim, then paying myself back from the business account?
Thanks in advance.
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