When is it permissible to claim the lunch allowance? Has anyone actually claimed this expense and in what context.
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Originally posted by OnyerbikeWhen is it permissible to claim the lunch allowance? Has anyone actually claimed this expense and in what context.
You can claim the cost of lunch (with a proof of purchase) as a business expense if you are working away from your place of work and haven't trripped the 2-year rule and it won't be classed as a BIK. Otherwise you can still claim it, but it will be a BIK, will need to be declared on the P11D and you will pay tax on the amount.
The other bit is the allowable per diem expense regime where you can claim meal costs up to certain limits for what are essentially overnight stays and they will be exempted from the BIK - you still need proof of purchase though.
To put it simply, prove you've bought it and you can claim it. Whether or not you then get taxed on it is another question.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by OnyerbikeWhen is it permissible to claim the lunch allowance? Has anyone actually claimed this expense and in what context.
£10 per day nice. subsistence.Comment
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Originally posted by el duderjust f***kin claim it.
£10 per day nice. subsistence.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by BearDo a search!
This topic has been discussed and discussed and discussed.....
.....almost to death!
For those of you stuck in the office all day then you cannot claim this expense but for those of us who are out all day at different sites all the time then I presume it is a bonafide claim.Comment
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I suspect there isn't a consensus - hence why it keeps getting discussed!
Malvolio has explained the rules - the rest is up to the individual.
I personally don't claim lunch expenses. Spending £5 a day for approx 200 days a year would save me what .. £200 a year in tax. Therefore if it takes me more than about 3hrs a year to collect receipts and do the paperwork - it's not worth it!
but each to their ownSi posse, recte, si non, quocumque modo remComment
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Originally posted by malvolioAnd illegal - back tax, interest, penalty fine and 6 months at the last reckoning. Still it gets some of the opposition out of the market I suppose.
£10 per day automatic subsistence without receipts.
go **** yerself.Comment
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Originally posted by el duderi have been contracting through umbrellas for 2 years and claiming exactly that.
£10 per day automatic subsistence without receipts.
go **** yerself.Carpe Pactum
(does fuzzy logic tickle?)Comment
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Originally posted by el duderi have been contracting through umbrellas for 2 years and claiming exactly that.
£10 per day automatic subsistence without receipts.
go **** yerself.Comment
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