Do you use you car for work ???

[stevo1565]

Hi just wanted to get a feel for what everyone else is getting to use there own car for work millage wise ? It works out at 25p a mile where i work and if you tally up the fuel prices tryres brakes servicing im out of pocket easily by the end of the year

[TechMonkey]

We get 25p as well but I'm not travelling around so much that I think wear and tear comes into it. I suppose it depends on the MPG of your cara s well, I get about 45-55 so in my head it is quite a good deal.

[AngryITGuy]

if you tally up the fuel prices tryres brakes servicing im out of pocket easily by the end of the year

 

Don't forget to include a potential payment to your insurance company for wanting to use your car for work purposes.

 

25p a mile seems a little low, I use mine for work too and I'm sure it's something like 45p a mile that I get as a Casual Car Allowance.

 

You would normally expect a lower payment per mile travelled as an Essential Car user as you also get a bulk payment each month. Casual Car users get a higher payment as they don't get the bulk payment each month or atleast thats my understanding of it.

[featured_spectre]

If I drove I could get 37p per mile for the first 3500 and then 48p per mile thereafter.

 

Considering that my boss and I frequently go out and do over 100mile round trips, he is raking it in (his car is a hybrid and his MPG works out to be near 60mpg driving at 30mph)

[jamesb]

If you're using your own car for work you can also get tax relief. I can't remember the exact details as its been a while since I made use of it, but I ended up getting back all of the tax I paid over a year and a half due to the allowance (about £5000).

 

If I remember correctly, you get 25p per mile for the first 10 000 miles in a year, and 10p per mile beyond that added to your tax-free allowance.

[jamesbmarshall]

I used to use my car for work, when necessary, and if memory serves I used to get 33p per mile - didn't happen often - I know there was a different rate if your car was deemed necessary for you to do your job, but as mine wasn't, I got the lower rate.

[MkII]

Depends on the cc of your car - the allowance is based on something small. With petrol prices rising so rapidly allowances have gone out of date quickly. Here it ranges between 25p and 35p per mile.

[maniac]

Don't forget to include a potential payment to your insurance company for wanting to use your car for work purposes.

 

 

If I'm using my car for work, and I have an accident in that time, I'm covered by the academies insurance. I can't remember how much per mile I get, it's reasonably generous. I travel between here and our other federated schools quite a lot, so I claim milage fairly frequently, although not as often as I should.

 

Mike.

[plexer]

HM Revenue & Customs: PAYE and NICs rates and limits for 2009-10

 

Ben

[AJT1]

I love the way cyclists get an allowance!

[plexer]

Cyclists should get a rate far higher than the car ones imho.

 

Ben

[dirtydog]

40ppm here I think. just as well I only do 20mpg!