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How do you workout personal mileage in your cab for Tax purposes?


I am concerned about possible tax problems in the future, (were all in this together) So how do you record personal mileage in your cab in your accounts? Will the tax man be looking at mileage done to prove that you have had more income than your saying? What about traveling too and from your usual rank at the start and end of your day, what about personal shopping trips and personal family visits, if you say record 50k miles a year what can the tax man expect to count as working miles? are there any kind of Taxman rules on this, has there been a precedence set anywhere?

I don't have any problems, and hope not to get any, but its nice to have it clear in my head if ever asked by HMRC.

Pay for the % of fuel used for your private mileage separately.

Or if your private mileage is 10%, then only claim for 90%.

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IDFIMH

So you reckon the taxman will be happy to accept that half your mileage is for personal use?

who said half?.....

Buy a £200 banger, tax and insure it as proof you dont use the plated vehicle for personal use....

Well maybe that would defeat the object? If my taxi done say 50k miles last 12 month, how many of them miles will the taxman expect me to have been paid for? I am asking this because I am sure they will have some kind of figure in relation to miles on the clock as to how much you earned.

If it's the truth then yes, if not then no.

That said I'm not too sure how many full-time drivers have a 50/50 split between private and working mileage.

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IDFIMH

when they get you in they go through everything
eg, you went on holiday to Egypt didnt you, on the so and so date, er yes, what was that then, a Nile cruise, £3000, er no , got it off teli tex bundle for 400 quid,
I know you have been to Egypt cos we have your details on our computor, well my wife paid for it

I see you dont work Sundays, cos there is no fuel receipts for that day, your vehicle does 39 miles to the gallon urban from the manufactures site, ah but thats on a test machine from new, i get about average round town 24 mph
I am at looking at your documents and mileage, and I consider you owe us over 6 years 38 grand, go away and think about it, eventually they get it down to something like 6 grand over 6 years

mileage to work, ie to the taxi rank is classed as business miles, you are at work