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PostPosted: 22:37 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Question about employment and traveling. Reply with quote

In discussion with future employer, he's never employed anyone before and is going through the process of getting advice and whatnot but I wouldnt mind knowing the answer to this in advance.

Now employers don't have to pay traveling time when commuting to a single place of work, but what if you have to travel all over the country for business (even if that means to and from if you get what I mean)

Can anyone clarify?


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PostPosted: 22:44 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Normally in this subject, the employer pays for expence such as fuel and shit, you give them a receipt and all that jazz.

Take it your mate or new employer is a new business? If so i'd say get in touch with some advisor on how to go about the motions.

It wasn't something I asked when i did some business workshops and in hindsight i should of but it's in their best interest to do so or eventually you wont be earning much to substain your employment and will leave.
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PostPosted: 22:51 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Claim it off your employer, IIRC its something like 40p per mile, thats for maintenance, tyres, oil petrol EVERYTHING. It is tax free to be reimbursed for this.

If your boss is particularly scummy he can pay you less at which you can claim it off your tax. But obviously you only get 30% of the difference.

TBH why not go into partnership or be disguised employee? As long as you can say no to work (pretend) and work for one or two other jonnies during the year. Then you can go self employed and abuse the hell out of your expenses.
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PostPosted: 23:08 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you don't have a normal place of work the time taken to get to work should be park of your normal working week. Therefore you should get paid for it.

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What counts as work?
As well as carrying out your normal duties, your working week includes:

job-related training
job-related travelling time, for example, if you are a sales rep
working lunches, for example business lunches
time spent working abroad, if you work for a UK-based company
paid and some unpaid overtime
time spent on-call at the workplace


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PostPosted: 23:12 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Re: Question about employment and traveling. Reply with quote

vee wrote:


Now employers don't have to pay traveling time when commuting to a single place of work, but what if you have to travel all over the country for business (even if that means to and from if you get what I mean)



There are some guidelines and rules laid out by HMRC regarding the tax position but basically paying travelling time and expenses is down to the contract you thrash out with your employer.

Tavelling TIME can be paid by the employer no matter where the journey is to or from, but it's always subject to full tax and NIC under PAYE.

Travel EXPENSES are a different kettle of fish entirely and can be a bit of a minefield. Again the employer is under no obligation to pay anything over and above the normal salary or rate but if he chooses to do so there are rules he must follow to ensure payments are taxed properly. Even if the employer doesn't pay expenses you as an employee can claim tax relief on them direct via HMRC provided they meet the criteria HMRC lay down. For the full details of all the various criteria and what can be claimed against tax go to the HMRC website and google booklet 480. It's not exactly riveting reading though!

In the case of travel, again it depends on the contract. If your contract specifies one workplace then travel to anywhere else on behalf of the company or to carry out company-related work is subject to tax relief. However, if the nature of your work requires you to travel as part of the job (field sales for example, or even just a brickie working on different sites) then there is no tax relief.

Best get your prospective new boss to speak to his accountant, or an independent payroll specialist Wink
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PostPosted: 23:27 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah thanks for that Yam I was unaware of the tax relief for employees.

'Pies, Im currently contracting the odd job, but soon it will be risky with IR35 as I will be solely working for this company (I want salary, for security - he wants commitment and not to be splitting loyalties.

He is getting advice from the right avenues, it's just nice for me to be up on it in the meantime.
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PostPosted: 23:31 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

The first half an hour of travel isn't paid but any additional travel is just counted as work so paid at my normal hourly rate. I don't normally travel any further then about an hour from home. Any travel between jobs is paid. That's how it works for me. I've known other people that have been paid from the moment they leave the house to the moment they return and others that don't get paid for travel at all.
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