Receipts for mileage

[VillageContractor]

Hi,

Does anyone know whether you need receipts when claiming mileage? Also I'm assuming you can claim mileage for lunch journeys?

SJD are shut until the new yr now so thought I'd ask here. A lot of conflicting a posts throughout the yrs on here.

Thanks

VC

[SussexSeagull]

Shouldn't do as mileage allowance is for wear and tear on the car as well which won't show on a receipt. Also you might have put in fuel that was used for something else.

That said Capita once asked me for one but I put them straight.

[Andy O]

I just keep a spreadsheet log of the mileage. A tab for each month which has a row for each journey with the reason for the trip and the miles driven and amount claimed @ 45p per mile.

[TheFaQQer]

What receipt can you get for mileage?

[northernladuk]

No you don't need to keep receipts.. Lunch journey? How far do you travel for lunch?

[paulb567]

I thought there was some strange EU VAT thing where you were meant to keep fuel receipts if you reclaimed the VAT on the fuel element of the mileage allowance.

Or perhaps I'm wrong.

[northernladuk]

I thought there was some strange EU VAT thing where you were meant to keep fuel receipts if you reclaimed the VAT on the fuel element of the mileage allowance.

Or perhaps I'm wrong.

Is this what you mean? But that's for claiming the fuel back which we don't.

VAT on fuel ' the new rules | AccountingWEB

[VillageContractor]

No you don't need to keep receipts.. Lunch journey? How far do you travel for lunch?

Next contract may not be far from home so might come home for lunch.

[northernladuk]

Next contract may not be far from home so might come home for lunch.

Well that will save you a fortune claiming all that mileage. Fill your boots

You gonna ask a question about claiming the stuff you bought for lunch?

[SueEllen]

I just keep a spreadsheet log of the mileage. A tab for each month which has a row for each journey with the reason for the trip and the miles driven and amount claimed @ 45p per mile.

Remember it's only 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles then it goes down to 25p linky