Current situation - using a brolly and inside IR35. Working at a remote site for a couple of days on behalf of the client, so the expenses are allowable. Expenses are submitted via agency portal to client and reimbursed through agency to the Brolly. Brolly then pays them to myself before any tax calculations are run. In other words the whole value of the expense is paid into my personal bank account.
However in my last trip I paid for lunch for both myself and a client permie. Submitted the expense and it was paid in full to the Brolly but now the Brolly is saying they can't pay the full amount to me, the expense for the permie's meal will only be paid to me after tax as they can only put in a tax claim for my part. This doesn't sound quite right to me, if the permie had paid for both they would have received the expense in full. In fact it is common practise that one person pays and submits the expense. Is it because I'm an employee of the brolly rather than the client?
The tax element is so minor it isn't worth fighting over. However I want to be sure for future, in case I end up having to pay for a dinner for myself and a couple of the clients customers because I'm the only client representative at the time.
However in my last trip I paid for lunch for both myself and a client permie. Submitted the expense and it was paid in full to the Brolly but now the Brolly is saying they can't pay the full amount to me, the expense for the permie's meal will only be paid to me after tax as they can only put in a tax claim for my part. This doesn't sound quite right to me, if the permie had paid for both they would have received the expense in full. In fact it is common practise that one person pays and submits the expense. Is it because I'm an employee of the brolly rather than the client?
The tax element is so minor it isn't worth fighting over. However I want to be sure for future, in case I end up having to pay for a dinner for myself and a couple of the clients customers because I'm the only client representative at the time.
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