During a business record check the HMRC officer spots some expenses in your company’s files relating to business trips you took with your partner. She says the company can’t claim a deduction for
these. Is she right?
Published 26.05.2015
You’re sending one of your employees to mainland Europe for a job that will take several months to complete. What’s the tax and NI position if you pay for a return trip to the UK for purely private
reasons?
Published 06.07.2022
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
Your company has landed a blue-chip contract, but it means you working abroad for a few months. Your company will pay for you to return to the UK mid-contract to see your family, but is there a more
attractive and equally tax-efficient alternative?
Published 16.05.2017
One of our subscribers wanted to cut the cost of his site-based employees staying away for months at a time. Renting a house seems a cheaper alternative to hotels, but would this expense result in a
tax bill for the employees?
Published 14.06.2011
If an employee works late, you might pay for their taxi fare home. However, the Taxman can have a problem with this and has recently set out his views. So what do you need to remember to do?
Published 25.10.2007
With petrol prices sky high, public transport might be a cheaper option for certain business journeys, especially with a discount card. But what will the tax position be where this also entitles you
to cut-price tickets for private travel?
Published 31.05.2012
Two directors of our subscriber’s company live over 100 miles from its head office. As they are required to attend board meetings there, can the company reimburse or pay their travel and
accommodation expenses tax and NI free?
Published 22.09.2020
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
Our subscriber wants to use cyclists to deliver to her local customers. She’s been told she can pay them a tax and NI-free mileage allowance which could save her money. However, HMRC’s helpline
doesn’t mention this. What’s the correct position?
Published 21.12.2022