[julianbiggs]

Hi. Can anyone tell me if i can claim for the petrol used for window cleaning as tax deductable  ?  If so can i only claim the VAT amount or the whole amount ? Ive got a couple of tax books but can't seem to find the simple answer !!! I do commercial stuff quite a way from home. Ive kept all my petrol receipts. I'm not VAT registered as i don't turn over the £50,000 + for that . Can anyone clarify for me?

[Ian_Giles]

You can claim your petrol expenses against tax, but if you also use your vehicle for personal use, the most you can claim will be about 75%
Ditto your car insurance and car tax, but again, only a percentage relative to the personal use of your vehicle.
You can always ring the tax man, they are actually not that scary

Ian

[beefy]

all my deisel reciepts go to my accountant best of all is my kids now live in scotland & im up once a month to see them & all the extra goes to accountant too no questions asked

[Moderator David@stives]

Beefy

I am sure the tax man will ask questions when he reads your post

Tax fraud i think they call it

Dave

[paul mather]

Dave,

You'll have to stop claiming for those trips back up to God's own country ( Manchester) won't you. 

[beefy]

no dave, tax fraud is rich business men getting away with thousands im just getting back a little of the tax i used to pay on all the overtime i had to do just to make ends meet
  (me & robin hood) 

[dai]

If you don't claim for your vehicle expenses, you have the option of claiming 40p per mile instead. As I do 50 odd miles on most days I choose the latter option. Dai

[Moderator David@stives]

Beefy

I hope for your sake the tax man sees it that way.

[Moderator David@stives]

p.s   I wont be seen in manchester any more, i have not been there for years and have no need to anymore, moving to Cornwall was the best decision of my life EVER.

[Sir Squeaky]

Manchester is a good place to be seen dead Dave.

Hundreds of people do it every day.

[Trevor Knight]

Hi. Can anyone tell me if i can claim for the petrol used for window cleaning as tax deductable ? If so can i only claim the VAT amount or the whole amount ? Ive got a couple of tax books but can't seem to find the simple answer !!! I do commercial stuff quite a way from home. Ive kept all my petrol receipts. I'm not VAT registered as i don't turn over the £50,000 + for that . Can anyone clarify for me?

You can claim for all your petrol including VAT.

As mentioned, if you use your vehicle for personal use then you will get a % deducted relevant to the amount of personal usage.

Trev