Claiming Back Mileage

[extremeez]

Hello ... i recently started working on full time employment for a company ... and am just wondering ... do i still claim back money from the mileage ??? (40p/mile) ... because i don't get like expenses or nothing within my job so am confused, as i do travel 70 miles there and back :S ... please help ???

[paperman]

Are you asking if you can claim back milage to drive to work? or for driving whilst at work?

[extremeez]

am asking for claiming back mileage from anything relating to work ??? (whilst driving)

[James Smith]

Well its fundamentally down to your employer what they will pay you.

From a tax point of view you cant claim for driving to work. That is ordinary commuting. If an employer did pay this (which is unlikely) then it would be considered a taxable payment, just like a salary would be.

Most employers will reimburse trips made other than to your normal place of work, ie if you need to go on a course or attend a meeting.

[extremeez]

woahh woahh so your saying i don't get my miles back :S ... because my employer says i can ... i don't get petrol money you know lol

[PremierPDS]

Employers won't normally pay for your travel expenses to your office and home again. As James states above, this is classed as a normal commute. Unless you have made a specific agreement with your employer whereby they agree to pay your costs for commuting then you won't be reimbursed for these miles. The only miles you can legitimately claim for (for HMRC purposes) are those that do after you arrive at the office and before you set off on your journey home.

[Indizine]

If you are employed at business address A, but employer asks you to go work at business address B, say now and again or for a year, you cna claim the difference from A-B. But no, as above, you cannot claim for travel to and from your place of work. There has been a misunderstanding somewhere.

[extremeez]

ok ... i might not have explained myselve clearer lol ... sorry :[ ... i travel INTO work ... meaning i drive to clients houses and start of from there ... how about that then ???

[James Smith]

I appreciate English is probably not your first language but your posts are very hard to follow, so it is very hard to help you.

If as part of your job you make trips to different client's premises, then the travel between each one would generally be claimable from your employer.

It is your employer you should be asking about what you can claim.

Employers will have different rules about what can be claimed.

[PremierPDS]

Okay...from home to your first client cannot be claimed and from your last client to home cannot be claimed...unless you claim this off your employer. Any clearer?