You are away on business. You’ve ordered your evening meal and have just been handed the wine list. What will the Taxman let you have, if anything?
Published 24.05.2007
As the sales director you’re out on the road a lot meeting and greeting existing and potential customers, and spending a packet in the process. But how much of the VAT on these costs will HMRC allow
you to reclaim?
Published 18.03.2013
If your employees make frequent business trips, the expense claims they hand in on their return can be time consuming to process. Is there anything you can do to simplify this process and reduce the
likelihood of expensive mistakes?
Published 10.04.2008
Your employees’ subsistence expenses claims have been getting out of hand so you want to set a fixed rate. The figure you have in mind is higher than HMRC’s suggested amount; does this mean PAYE tax
and NI are due on the excess?
Published 27.11.2013
You use HMRC’s approved benchmark rates when you pay your employees for subsistence when they travel for work. The trouble is, if you follow HMRC’s latest advice you may be costing yourself VAT.
What’s the full story?
Published 05.02.2019
In July the Taxman started a consultation on travel expenses for employees. So what was the outcome when it ended in October?
Published 15.01.2009
The Taxman allows you to deduct expenses from property rental income like any other business. But some costs are easy to overlook, such as travel expenses. What can you claim for?
Published 28.06.2011
When you first started out you travelled a great deal meeting potential customers. You treated your travel and subsistence costs as VAT-inclusive and duly claimed back input VAT via your return. Was
this right though?
Published 22.12.2005
As part of your cost-cutting measures, when your staff stay away on business you want this to be with friends or family where possible. Can you pay them for their trouble without it creating a tax
problem?
Published 12.03.2009
Getting away from work for any reasonable length of time can be difficult. If you fancy a weekend break or two away, are there way ways that you can (legitimately) get your company to pay for them?
Published 02.02.2006