Reply to: "Company" fines

[CloudWalker]

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

[KentPhilip]

Try taking 4 trays of cabbages on the tube.

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

[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

[BrilloPad]

Luckily, I can offset them both against tax.

This is true. Just go ahead and claim.

[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]

Try taking 4 trays of cabbages on the tube.

You think Gordon "failed footballer" Ramsey takes his own food in?

[speling bee]

Try taking 4 trays of cabbages on the tube.

I'm taking the client project team on a reference site visit to London next week, if that counts.

[d000hg]

Try taking 4 trays of cabbages on the tube.

[BrilloPad]

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.

I am not surprised he drove. After all, there is no public transport in London so everyone has to drive.

[Platypus]

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.

[Clare@InTouch]

FTFY

Very likely true! I can't find a like for the life of me, but I'm sure I heard about it on a tax course at some point....

[NotAllThere]

... He hadIt was more convenient to park outside his restaurants in London, there was never anywhere to park, so he got them on a daily basis.

FTFY

[d000hg]

I can't argue. I was speeding. It's a fair cop.

Don't let that worry you, they are not interested in justice only helping you worm your way out of accepting blame!

[pjclarke]

You may get offered the option of a Speed Awareness Course, which costs about the same as the fine, but prevents the points going onto your licence, and more importantly you don't have to inform your insurance company of the offence. I doubt it is chargeable, but will almost certainly work out cheaper than elevated insurance premiums (average +30%, for 5 years)...

[JRCT]

How fast were you going?

You could try asking at advice site: PePiPoo: Helping the motorist to get justice
However these days they are very much on the side of the police not the driver.

I can't argue. I was speeding. It's a fair cop.