Any one claim Petrol expences?

[shortie1990]

I know there's a Finance section, just doesnt look very busy..anyway

I do carework, and do alot of work mileage, and I haven't claimed a penny..basicaly I haven't kept track on exact mileage I've done.

I started the job in sept 08, and finished in november(ish)09 and changed to a different company which pay some costs.

Just wondering if any one has claimed anything? and how exact the estimate has to be? I could sit here and work out the miles by aa route planner, but would take FOREVER!

basicaly i could do with a bit of extra money and was just wondering if i could mega under estimate the amount (most weeks i'd be doing about 40 miles per day) but say if i just claimed say 70 miles per week just to get a bit extra as i really can't be doin with working all the miles out... sorry I'm waffling, can any one help? lol

 

[lauraperrysan]

hummm, im not sure hun but i doubt you can back date the mileage allowance a year....
ask ur hr department xx

 

[shortie1990]

I got told to claim it in April, but, i can't claim this years because the tax year isn't finished... blah stupid petrol

 

[lauraperrysan]

ohhh, i see, sorry, companies i have worked for in the past do it monthly but i guess all are different. i guess yes, if u under estimate it a fair bit so u know ur defo below what it should be then yeah, dont see why not. can only try xx

 

[shortie1990]

yeh its because the company i worked for dont pay it, ive to claim through tax releif apparently, but then i suppose a few 100 quid is better than nothing, when really i know i should be getting more than im planning on claiming for, but it takes hours to work out and ill end up going mad ha ha

 

[AC81]

my husband works for an agency and they place him in a care home for work. He is also registered with another company that he submits his expenses to. He claims for mileage each week - we have to submit petrol VAT receipts on top of the mileage.

If they've told you it's ok to claim then I'd go ahead - just work out your average mileage for a round trip (are you at the same place or different each time?) and maybe estimate how much you would have done. Getting something for your petrol/mileage is better than nothing!!! If you're entitled to it, I'd definitely claim it! x

 

[Martine31]

I would be careful estimating. The inland revenue are all over this. My expenses have to b broken down by the day, and split by business and personal.

If you fiddle they wont think twice about doing you for fraud. Best of luck!

 

[shortie1990]

well ive worked out random weeks worth of mileage, and when i've worked it to EXACT miles, some of the days I'm doing 40 miles PER day! :O
but then i wouldnt want them to think that i was claiming a high amount so i've worked out how many days ive worked and just claimed for about 15 miles per day, we'll see what they say anyway.