On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:01:08 +0000, Paul Terry
wrote:

In message , Peter Smyth
writes

What happens if you use a car for the journey? Presumably they don't expect
you to provide a receipt for the exact amount of petrol you have used.

Every organisation I have ever worked for requires a mileage for car
journeys - they are then paid at an agreed rate (many keep it down to
around 40p per a mile, irrespective of Inland Revenue rules, in order to
be seen to encourage the use of public transport).

40p per mile is the HMRC rule, for the first 10,000 miles, and 25p per
mile thereafter.

See http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/travel.htm
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:07:32 +0000, Laurence Payne
wrote:

Single tickets were always swallowed by the machine at the end of the
journey anyway. Won't your accountant really accept a simple list of
journeys and fares? Have you asked him?

My employer has apparently always taken tube tickets on trust - after
all it's a fixed price and easy to check that you're claiming the
right amount for the distance travelled. The only problem is
remembering how much it was and to put it down on your expenses.

In message , at 14:23:24 on
Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Phil Clark remarked:
My employer has apparently always taken tube tickets on trust - after
all it's a fixed price and easy to check that you're claiming the
right amount for the distance travelled.

Getting back to transport with a bump: Tube fares are significantly
cheaper with an Oyster, leaving the opportunity for some people to claim
the cash fare and make a profit. An old employer of mine would only pay
the carnet fare, rather than per-journey tickets.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 14:23:24 on
Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Phil Clark remarked:
My employer has apparently always taken tube tickets on trust - after
all it's a fixed price and easy to check that you're claiming the
right amount for the distance travelled.

Getting back to transport with a bump: Tube fares are significantly
cheaper with an Oyster, leaving the opportunity for some people to claim
the cash fare and make a profit. An old employer of mine would only pay
the carnet fare, rather than per-journey tickets.

did they buy the rest of the carnet from you when you ceased to
need them?

tim

In message , at 22:43:33 on Sun, 5 Mar
2006, "tim (in sweden)" remarked:
An old employer of mine would only pay
the carnet fare, rather than per-journey tickets.

did they buy the rest of the carnet from you when you ceased to
need them?

No, but it never arose as I migrated to using travelcards.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 22:43:33 on Sun, 5 Mar
2006, "tim (in sweden)" remarked:
An old employer of mine would only pay
the carnet fare, rather than per-journey tickets.

did they buy the rest of the carnet from you when you ceased to
need them?

No,

Thought not :-(

They take the profits and leave you with the loss!

tim

In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 18:38:12 on
Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Peter Smyth remarked:
What happens if you use a car for the journey? Presumably they
don't expect you to provide a receipt for the exact amount of
petrol you have used.

No, because the whole "car expenses" thing has been well documented
by the Inland Revenue. There are specific pence-per-mile that you
are allowed to claim (irrespective of what your actual costs were).

But how do the auditors audit the miles that you claim, which may of
course be inflated by diversions to avoid jams or accidents?
Ultimately they ought to recognise that some claims have to be judged
by reasonableness rather than scruffy bits of paper.

I've had expenses regimes where only standard distances were used
between points.

--
Colin Rosenstiel