Hi,
Work for a government energy regulator on a temporary 6 month contract - first time contracting by the way!
I had to either go down PAYE or Umbrella so chose Umbrella as the hourly rate was much more attractive.
I could only select one of 3 Umbrellas from the agencies PSL so after deliberation - I did.
Thing is, I am aware of the changes to all the Tax rules e.t.c. but I live in Scotland and travel to my temporary assignment in the south of England and have temporary lodgings through the week before returning home at the weekends. With my role as a consultant I passed the SDC checks on all 3 Umbrella companies and told by each of them that I was entitled to claim expenses i.e. mileage and lodgings. But reading all the information in the forum and including the previous thread I put in a different section - I shouldn't be claiming these?
I broached another sanity call to the umbrella company as well as 3rd party advice on the rules and regs for claiming expenses and was told that these were definitely claimable as the expenses go through an approval system each week on top of the already checked SDC questionnaire. They sent me this link ps://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/travel-and-overnight-expenses and also an email in writing that if HMRC were to audit and find my expenses non-claimable they would liable to pay back any of the tax relief I currently get, so I have this in writing too as they have both told me from the outset and also approved them each week (now on week 2).
Am I wrong or right???????
Would like some feedback please - appreciate any advice to ensure full compliance.
Any other contractors out there on umbrellas claiming expenses that have passed SDC checks? it is a big massive grey area to me?!?
Thanks
Work for a government energy regulator on a temporary 6 month contract - first time contracting by the way!
I had to either go down PAYE or Umbrella so chose Umbrella as the hourly rate was much more attractive.
I could only select one of 3 Umbrellas from the agencies PSL so after deliberation - I did.
Thing is, I am aware of the changes to all the Tax rules e.t.c. but I live in Scotland and travel to my temporary assignment in the south of England and have temporary lodgings through the week before returning home at the weekends. With my role as a consultant I passed the SDC checks on all 3 Umbrella companies and told by each of them that I was entitled to claim expenses i.e. mileage and lodgings. But reading all the information in the forum and including the previous thread I put in a different section - I shouldn't be claiming these?
I broached another sanity call to the umbrella company as well as 3rd party advice on the rules and regs for claiming expenses and was told that these were definitely claimable as the expenses go through an approval system each week on top of the already checked SDC questionnaire. They sent me this link ps://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/travel-and-overnight-expenses and also an email in writing that if HMRC were to audit and find my expenses non-claimable they would liable to pay back any of the tax relief I currently get, so I have this in writing too as they have both told me from the outset and also approved them each week (now on week 2).
Am I wrong or right???????
Would like some feedback please - appreciate any advice to ensure full compliance.
Any other contractors out there on umbrellas claiming expenses that have passed SDC checks? it is a big massive grey area to me?!?
Thanks
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