27th May 2012, 03:17 AM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:I think the taxman is pretty clued up as to what the average mileage rate (40p per mile) gives the average motorist in return i.e not a great deal of profit unless someone else is paying the majority of costs of the vehicle. One would imagine that any organisation offering say ?1 per mile would soon be on the receiving end of a HMRC investigation if the recipients weren't paying a lot of extra tax on their mileage rate...
...still its refreshing to see that thier are a few 'innocents' still out there in the world of archaeology, who think an occasional 'wedge' is good replacement for a living wage that would spare them the indignity of robbing the taxman (and therefore the rest of us!!) via their car mileage claim....haven't heard from one of them for a few years!! .
I'm biting my tongue in view of the AUP. While I will bear the patronising nature of this post, it remains a fact that I generally do c. 50 miles e/w p/d or more and at 40p per mile that works out pretty well for me. Maybe you should purchase a more economical car? While I'm on here, you could also consider affording others a little more respect. We may, of course, disagree but it would stand you in good stead to deal with the issues rather than suppress the individual with petty, inconsequential, putdowns.