Umbrella Mileage claim excuses

[subsea]

My client recently asked me to go overseas to a meeting so en-route I drove to the train station and my partner brought my car home, This worked out cheaper than a taxi. My client has paid all the expenses for the trip including the 45p per mile for the round trip to the station, however my Umbrella keeps making up reasons not to sort out these expenses - the latest is whether or not I drove to the station and back. They have also said they can't process expenses if the values do not match so I could effectively pay tax on the reimbursed expenses. Why are they being so difficult / Are all umbrella companies so bad with expenses?

[malvolio]

Don't fully understand the umbrella's objection from your post, but you driving to the station is a business expense, someone else driving your car home isn't. So, given umbrellas have to be very careful over expenses, have you tried to claim double the journey?

[northernladuk]

Yes they are.