15th June 2006, 09:15 PM
As a local govt employee I get the standard 40p per mile which is therefore untaxed.
I can only use my own car when there are no company vans available (as we need to make sure the work vehicles are earning back their costs) and its generally for individual monitoring visits. If I had to take a team to site I'd want a hire van - I know how archaeologists treat their teahuts/vehicles.
Where I live car ownership is essential, i do some 25000k a year anyway commuting etc, so a thousand or two extra a year is no big deal on the wear and tear stakes - particularly as my cars tend to be knackered anyway. The main problem is its generally so muddy that the wife refuses to get in it. At 40p its a few extra quid which helps pay for my MOT. If I was only getting the 15-20p some others are quoting I would probably tell them to get lost and hire me a van.
I can only use my own car when there are no company vans available (as we need to make sure the work vehicles are earning back their costs) and its generally for individual monitoring visits. If I had to take a team to site I'd want a hire van - I know how archaeologists treat their teahuts/vehicles.
Where I live car ownership is essential, i do some 25000k a year anyway commuting etc, so a thousand or two extra a year is no big deal on the wear and tear stakes - particularly as my cars tend to be knackered anyway. The main problem is its generally so muddy that the wife refuses to get in it. At 40p its a few extra quid which helps pay for my MOT. If I was only getting the 15-20p some others are quoting I would probably tell them to get lost and hire me a van.