Hello - started Ltd company recently

[Zippy]

You can claim subsistence when working away from your normal place of work
How much you can claim depends on how long you are away for (I assume not overnight), but it's going to be worth no more than 2 quid to you. And you can only claim for expenses actually incurred - no buying a cheap sandwich and claiming for a two-course lunch. And you have to produce receipts if asked by HMRC Are you sure it's worth it? Honestly, it's cheaper to take a sandwich with you.

Re the travelling expenses - tricky. Travel by public transport is claimable but it'd be a bit difficult to argue the car trip was only for work purposes if your wife is going shopping at the same time. You strike me as the sort of guy who likes a gamble though, so you could ring HMRC and ask them.

[mudskipper]

Re: food

You can claim if on a client site, but I think there is a duration prerequisite - not sure if you can claim if you're only there for a couple of hours.

You definitely can't claim at home!

[PurpleGorilla]

Hello,
Thanks for this great forum and helping others.

I recently (almost 3 months) started a Limited Company and am sole director. I work from home and go to client's place once a week. Most of the times I went their by my wife's car (she drives as I don't have the driving license yet). She drops me at office and goes for shopping nearby. I finish my works like meeting and other onsite works in couple of hours and we return home.

Appreciate if someone clarifies my doubts:

1. Can I still claim 45p/mile for my business travel to client location even though my wife drives? [ Its her own car ]
2. Maybe 1 or 2 times I might have used public transport but would like to keep it as "by car" to just make it same every time. Is it a problem? Should I provide any other proofs other than travel log?
3. Can I claim lunch expenses everyday or only those days I visited my client? What is the maximum limit for lunch expense claim (of course, receipts available)?

Thanks in advance,
Bateman

1) not sure - but maybe you can pay your wife a salary as your chauffeur?

2) no that would be fraud.

3) personally unless away in a hotel I don't claim food. Seems a bit petty IMHO.

[Bateman]

Hello,
Thanks for this great forum and helping others.

I recently (almost 3 months) started a Limited Company and am sole director. I work from home and go to client's place once a week. Most of the times I went their by my wife's car (she drives as I don't have the driving license yet). She drops me at office and goes for shopping nearby. I finish my works like meeting and other onsite works in couple of hours and we return home.

Appreciate if someone clarifies my doubts:

1. Can I still claim 45p/mile for my business travel to client location even though my wife drives? [ Its her own car ]
2. Maybe 1 or 2 times I might have used public transport but would like to keep it as "by car" to just make it same every time. Is it a problem? Should I provide any other proofs other than travel log?
3. Can I claim lunch expenses everyday or only those days I visited my client? What is the maximum limit for lunch expense claim (of course, receipts available)?

Thanks in advance,
Bateman