mileage allowance should be upped!? - discuss

**MugsGame** · 1 May 2008, 13:59

Completely agree - I was just discussing the same thing last week with some colleagues.

So what can we do about it?

**Turion** · 1 May 2008, 16:48

It should (have been) be upped in line at least with inflation or some travel expense index. Petrol is just one part of the equation.

Just more of the same, in that all the other tax allowances stay frozen or do not go up by the true %, so this is just another stealth tax by the Govt. We should expect nothing else from this lot.

Now he can also use the 'green excuse' for not increasing it.

**SueEllen** · 1 May 2008, 17:23

Originally posted by Turion View Post

It should (have been) be upped in line at least with inflation or some travel expense index. Petrol is just one part of the equation.

Just more of the same, in that all the other tax allowances stay frozen or do not go up by the true %, so this is just another stealth tax by the Govt. We should expect nothing else from this lot.

Now he can also use the 'green excuse' for not increasing it.

In the carp he wrote in response to the online petition there was no mention of the environment. However it was implied the pricing was "fair"

**Billy Pilgrim** · 1 May 2008, 20:08

The rate is 'OK' if you are a 'regular employee' of a company that you don't own..for example I can get about 400 miles out of a £60 tank of petrol...

If someone else was paying my expenses then I'd get £160 @ 40p per mile

However, since MyCo ends up paying ME then its not far off break even!

Completely ferked when it gets to 25 per mile

**beeker** · 2 May 2008, 07:49

bearing in mind the mileage allowance covers running costs too - 40p and then 25p is nowhere near enough. By making a company car nigh impossible to own withough the killing in tax you pay - a personal car and claiming mileage is the sensible alternative.

I didn't hear of a petition on this? Any more info on what the response from the government was?

**zara_backdog** · 2 May 2008, 08:22

£70.00 for a tank of fuel? - get a smaller car!

PS - filled up mine Sunday - 15 min queue to to 'Panic buying at the pump - £62.00 so mines not that tiny.Worked for umbrella before 07/08 who refused to pay my 40p per mile as they said my fuel receipts were not high enough!

Had a 1600 Turbo Diesel and 10 mile round trip! Ditched the umbrella and the car.

**beeker** · 2 May 2008, 08:34

Garages up here started putting £10 limits on fuel late last week! Which means not even a 1/4 tank for me based on current prices!!

I had a client asking me to work at a different site, 2 hrs drive away and when my invoice came in they questioned the 40p a mile expense as they pay 25p to staff. When i pointed out that staff were using company cars and I was a contractor, we came to an agreement!

Just wondering though - Has anyone specified expenses in a contract before? i.e. overnight rates or mileage allowances?

**VectraMan** · 2 May 2008, 08:38

Get a car like mine with a wildly innaccurate fuel guage. Then a tank of fuel costs a lot less (because you fill up with a third left

).

To be fair, 40/25p per mile is pretty generous and I've consistently made money on mileage expenses. It is intended to cover general running costs, yes, but that varies enormously according to the car you buy and how you maintain it (i.e. Audi dealer servicing costs a lot more than me changing the oil, filter and plugs myself with parts from ebay).

**SueEllen** · 2 May 2008, 08:43

Originally posted by beeker View Post

I didn't hear of a petition on this? Any more info on what the response from the government was?

I found it in my bin folder: government response

Remember guys carry a passenger for your extra 5p.

mileage allowance should be upped!? - discuss