4th May 2012, 11:17 AM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:Not just self-employed diggers. The tax office principle of 'a temporary site' also applies to employed persons, if you can show evidence that your employment requires you to be at a temporary workplace and that your employer doesn't recompense you for travel costs to said site... As an employed person however this would require completing a self assessment tax return and once you start down that road you will be doing so for the rest of your natural......so maybe a lot of trouble for a fairly minor sum.
This is also my understanding there is nothing to stop a person who is employed claiming various things against tax if their employer is not paying them the expenses they are entiled to under current tax rules. Expenses are at the descretion of the employer and may be more or less than the entitlements. It is up to the individual to make sure they get what they can under current tax rules (and pay the Tax man his due). However as Kevin says you need to complete a self assesment tax form which is not as daunting as one might think as they are on line. You also need to keep scruplous records including reciepts. The rule with the tax man is to be honest and you might be surprised at the help they will give you.