Can I claim mileage?

Can I claim mileage?

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Hi,

I have just become a self employed bookkeeper within a practice,I start this role next week. As far as I am aware, I am in the office, and there is no mention at the moment of me going to clients on site. Am I able to claim the mileage allowance on the trip from home to the practice, then back home? Or would I have to calculate mileage from another location (not business) to the office, then back home? Hope this makes sense!!

Thanks.

Maria

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By Paul D Utherone
01st Oct 2014 05:55

As posted it sounds...

... to me like your base is the office so home to office would not be allowable. That ignores the correctness or otherwise of "a self employed bookkeeper within a practice"

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By johngroganjga
01st Oct 2014 09:12

Agree with the above, but as you mention being "within a practice" the first and most important question is what that practice allows you to claim from them.  That's their money becoming yours.  The secondary question is whether any of what they pay you will be taxable in your hands when you receive it, or to what extent expenditure you incur personally, without being reimbursed, will be tax-deductible.

So what you can "claim" from the practice is something you can only find out by asking them.

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By andy.partridge
01st Oct 2014 09:47

I agree

I think Basil has got it, but only the OP knows.

We could have threads debating what the OPs mean on other threads before we begin to answer and another thread to discuss why that might be. 

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By GuestXXX
17th Mar 2015 17:39

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By johngroganjga
01st Oct 2014 10:00

Basil

Yes of course I was aware of the ambiguity in the question, which is why I restored the balance in my response, following on from one that had only dealt with one interpretation.

As you say, only the OP can clarify the ambiguity.

Is it just me, or is "claim" not a weasel word in our field, where it is used with a wide variety of meanings which are rarely thought through or defined? 

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By Maria baker
02nd Oct 2014 21:52

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I did mean, if I can claim tax relief for the travel on my tax return. I now know the answer is no.Thanks for the solution, I have been thinking on this, and I am going to go ahead and try and get myself some more clients, where I can work from home. Not sure where to start, so brainstorming at the moment. It will be hard, as I am working 4 days and attending night school and am a mum, but I will get there in the end! Thanks again.

Maria

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