https://milometry.com/blog Mileage rates, business travel, fuel costs and keeping a log that stands up. General information, not tax advice. en-GB Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://milometry.com/blog/milometry-featured-on-itechguides https://milometry.com/blog/milometry-featured-on-itechguides Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Using Milometry The Milometry Team An independent editorial team scored Milometry 8 out of 10 and listed it in their mileage tracking directory. What they said, including where it does not win. https://milometry.com/blog/driving-to-the-airport-for-work https://milometry.com/blog/driving-to-the-airport-for-work Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The drive to the airport, the parking while you are away and the hire car at the other end are all treated differently. Here is how each one works. https://milometry.com/blog/landlords-claiming-mileage https://milometry.com/blog/landlords-claiming-mileage Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Unincorporated landlords can use the flat mileage rate. Whether the drive from home to a let property counts depends on where the business is actually run from. https://milometry.com/blog/australia-cents-per-kilometre https://milometry.com/blog/australia-cents-per-kilometre Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team How the ATO's flat-rate car deduction works, where the 5,000 km ceiling bites, and when the logbook method is worth the extra effort. https://milometry.com/blog/hmrc-mileage-rates-explained https://milometry.com/blog/hmrc-mileage-rates-explained Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team What the approved mileage rates actually are, how the 10,000-mile threshold works across a tax year, and the bit that is easy to get wrong. https://milometry.com/blog/what-counts-as-a-business-mile https://milometry.com/blog/what-counts-as-a-business-mile Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The commute trap, the temporary workplace rule, and the everyday journeys people wrongly leave off their claim. https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-log-that-stands-up https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-log-that-stands-up Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team What HMRC expects a mileage record to contain, how long to keep it, and why the spreadsheet you fill in every April is the weakest version of it. https://milometry.com/blog/real-mpg-vs-official-figures https://milometry.com/blog/real-mpg-vs-official-figures Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Where official economy figures come from, why the gap is normal, and how two full tanks tell you the only number that matters. https://milometry.com/blog/parking-tolls-and-charges https://milometry.com/blog/parking-tolls-and-charges Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Mileage is not the whole claim. The out-of-pocket costs that ride along with a business journey, and the ones that never qualify. https://milometry.com/blog/cutting-fuel-costs-same-commute https://milometry.com/blog/cutting-fuel-costs-same-commute Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team No new car, no lifestyle change. The habits and checks that actually move the needle, roughly in order of what they are worth. https://milometry.com/blog/switching-from-another-mileage-app https://milometry.com/blog/switching-from-another-mileage-app Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Using Milometry The Milometry Team How to get your history out of another app, what to check in the export, and how to bring it into Milometry so the 10,000-mile banding still works. https://milometry.com/blog/motorcycle-and-bicycle-mileage-rates https://milometry.com/blog/motorcycle-and-bicycle-mileage-rates Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Motorcycles and bicycles have their own approved mileage rates, and unlike the car rate they are not banded at 10,000 miles. https://milometry.com/blog/the-24-month-rule-explained https://milometry.com/blog/the-24-month-rule-explained Thu, 21 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team When a temporary workplace quietly becomes a permanent one, why the clock can start before you notice, and what it costs when it does. https://milometry.com/blog/passenger-payments-5p-a-mile https://milometry.com/blog/passenger-payments-5p-a-mile Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Your employer can pay up to 5p a mile, tax free, for each colleague you carry on a business journey. It is optional, and unpaid it cannot be claimed. https://milometry.com/blog/simplified-expenses-vs-actual-costs https://milometry.com/blog/simplified-expenses-vs-actual-costs Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Self-employed drivers get a choice, and it is effectively permanent for that vehicle. How the two compare depends on what it cost and how far it goes. https://milometry.com/blog/company-car-or-your-own https://milometry.com/blog/company-car-or-your-own Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Advisory Fuel Rates, approved mileage rates, and the expensive habit of confusing the two. Which one applies depends on whose car it is. https://milometry.com/blog/why-winter-mpg-drops https://milometry.com/blog/why-winter-mpg-drops Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Cold engines, denser air, heated everything: the reasons a January tank goes less far than a July one, and how much of it you can do anything about. https://milometry.com/blog/working-from-home-mileage https://milometry.com/blog/working-from-home-mileage Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Whether your house counts as a workplace, when the drive to the office becomes claimable, and why hybrid working makes this harder rather than easier. https://milometry.com/blog/tax-year-end-checklist-for-drivers https://milometry.com/blog/tax-year-end-checklist-for-drivers Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team What to do in the fortnight before 5 April, and the three things that are much harder to fix afterwards. A checklist for anyone who drives for work. https://milometry.com/blog/splitting-petrol-with-friends https://milometry.com/blog/splitting-petrol-with-friends Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Petrol money without the guesswork: what a journey really cost, how to divide it fairly, and why the driver's share is the argument. https://milometry.com/blog/electric-cars-and-the-45p-rate https://milometry.com/blog/electric-cars-and-the-45p-rate Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Why an EV you own uses exactly the same approved rate as a petrol car, why a company EV does not, and how the rate compares with the cost of electricity. https://milometry.com/blog/claiming-mileage-in-a-van https://milometry.com/blog/claiming-mileage-in-a-van Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Vans use the same 55p rate as cars, which suits some trades better than others, and for a few may fall short of actual costs. https://milometry.com/blog/parking-fines-are-not-expenses https://milometry.com/blog/parking-fines-are-not-expenses Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The line between a cost of doing business and a penalty, and the small print that catches sole traders and directors differently. https://milometry.com/blog/congestion-ulez-and-clean-air-zones https://milometry.com/blog/congestion-ulez-and-clean-air-zones Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Daily charges are a real cost of driving for work, they are claimable separately from mileage, and the rules on which vehicle pays what keep moving. https://milometry.com/blog/business-use-car-insurance https://milometry.com/blog/business-use-car-insurance Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Social, domestic and pleasure plus commuting is not business use. The distinction is small in wording and total in effect. https://milometry.com/blog/what-triggers-a-mileage-query https://milometry.com/blog/what-triggers-a-mileage-query Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Round numbers, impossible days, claims that never change, and the other patterns that invite a question you would rather not answer. https://milometry.com/blog/directors-claiming-mileage https://milometry.com/blog/directors-claiming-mileage Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Your own car, your own company, and the paperwork that keeps approved mileage payments out of the taxman's definition of salary. https://milometry.com/blog/what-speed-costs-in-fuel https://milometry.com/blog/what-speed-costs-in-fuel Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Drag rises with the square of speed, so the last ten miles an hour are the expensive ones. The arithmetic, and what it is worth on a real journey. https://milometry.com/blog/depreciation-the-cost-nobody-counts https://milometry.com/blog/depreciation-the-cost-nobody-counts Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Fuel is the cost you feel because you pay it at a pump. For most drivers it is not the largest one. The largest is the car quietly losing its value. https://milometry.com/blog/travel-between-two-jobs https://milometry.com/blog/travel-between-two-jobs Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Travel between separate employments, the second-job commute, and the rule that surprises people working for companies in the same group. https://milometry.com/blog/roof-boxes-towing-and-drag https://milometry.com/blog/roof-boxes-towing-and-drag Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team The bolt-ons that quietly ruin your economy, ranked by how much they cost and how easily you can stop paying for them. https://milometry.com/blog/driving-abroad-for-work https://milometry.com/blog/driving-abroad-for-work Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The approved rates do not stop at Dover, but almost everything around them changes. What the mileage covers, what it does not, and what to record. https://milometry.com/blog/fuel-cards-and-mileage https://milometry.com/blog/fuel-cards-and-mileage Thu, 01 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team A fuel card does not remove the need for a mileage log. It usually makes it more important. Three common arrangements, and what each one asks of you. https://milometry.com/blog/why-45p-has-not-changed-since-2011 https://milometry.com/blog/why-45p-has-not-changed-since-2011 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The rate was set when petrol was cheaper and cars were thirstier. It outlasted three prime ministers and a great deal of inflation before it finally gave. https://milometry.com/blog/five-habits-that-make-the-claim-add-up https://milometry.com/blog/five-habits-that-make-the-claim-add-up Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT Using Milometry The Milometry Team Installing it is not the job. These are the small things that decide whether you have a record worth filing in January. https://milometry.com/blog/planning-a-road-trip-costs https://milometry.com/blog/planning-a-road-trip-costs Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Agree the rules before you leave, not at a service station at eleven at night. Work out the real number, add what people forget, and send it round. https://milometry.com/blog/choosing-a-company-car-the-numbers https://milometry.com/blog/choosing-a-company-car-the-numbers Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team List price, CO2 and the benefit-in-kind percentage do more to your take-home than the car does to your commute. https://milometry.com/blog/why-milometry-has-no-account https://milometry.com/blog/why-milometry-has-no-account Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT Using Milometry The Milometry Team Every mileage app wants a login. Here is what we gave up by not having one, what you get in return, and where your data does go if you ask it to. https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-for-volunteers-and-charity https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-for-volunteers-and-charity Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Volunteer drivers are not employees, the rates are not quite the same conversation, and a lot of people are out of pocket unnecessarily. https://milometry.com/blog/contractors-and-business-travel https://milometry.com/blog/contractors-and-business-travel Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Site-based work, the 24-month clock, and why the first day of a contract can decide whether any of the travel is claimable. https://milometry.com/blog/pool-cars-the-rules https://milometry.com/blog/pool-cars-the-rules Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team A genuine pool car carries no benefit-in-kind charge. Many cars businesses call pool cars do not meet the conditions. https://milometry.com/blog/getting-a-year-of-history-in https://milometry.com/blog/getting-a-year-of-history-in Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:00 GMT Using Milometry The Milometry Team You started in October and the tax year began in April. Here is how to make the first half of the year count, from a CSV, a spreadsheet or a diary. https://milometry.com/blog/designated-driver-economics https://milometry.com/blog/designated-driver-economics Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team If you are the designated driver every time, you are subsidising the evening. What that is actually worth, and how to raise it without being awkward. https://milometry.com/blog/clean-air-zones-city-by-city https://milometry.com/blog/clean-air-zones-city-by-city Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Not every zone charges every vehicle. The class of the zone decides whether your car, van or taxi pays anything at all. https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-for-tradespeople https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-for-tradespeople Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The people with the most business mileage are the least able to record it as it happens. That is a solvable problem. https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-and-vat https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-and-vat Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team If you are VAT registered and paying mileage, there is input tax buried in the fuel element, but only if you keep the receipts. https://milometry.com/blog/what-the-swipe-deck-is-for https://milometry.com/blog/what-the-swipe-deck-is-for Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT Using Milometry The Milometry Team The design decision that determines whether anyone actually keeps a mileage log. Why lists fail, why a deck of cards works, and what makes it faster. https://milometry.com/blog/salary-sacrifice-and-electric-cars https://milometry.com/blog/salary-sacrifice-and-electric-cars Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The tax treatment makes electric cars unusually attractive through sacrifice. The commitment is longer than many people focus on. https://milometry.com/blog/splitting-a-festival-run https://milometry.com/blog/splitting-a-festival-run Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team The trip where costs are highest, plans change most, and nobody has any signal to work anything out. Count everything, and agree it before you go. https://milometry.com/blog/smart-motorways-what-the-rules-are https://milometry.com/blog/smart-motorways-what-the-rules-are Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team New schemes were cancelled, but hundreds of miles remain. What a red X means, where the refuges are, and what to do if you stop in a live lane. https://milometry.com/blog/speed-limits-vans-and-towing https://milometry.com/blog/speed-limits-vans-and-towing Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Most vans, and cars towing, have lower national speed limits than cars on single and dual carriageways. It is an easy rule to miss. https://milometry.com/blog/mobile-phone-law-driving https://milometry.com/blog/mobile-phone-law-driving Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Holding it at all is the offence now, and stopped at the lights is no exemption. Six points, and for newer drivers that is the licence. https://milometry.com/blog/tyres-tread-and-the-law https://milometry.com/blog/tyres-tread-and-the-law Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team 1.6mm is the law. Braking distances start deteriorating well before that, and four illegal tyres is twelve points. https://milometry.com/blog/highway-code-hierarchy-of-road-users https://milometry.com/blog/highway-code-hierarchy-of-road-users Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team A hierarchy of road users, priority for pedestrians at junctions, and the Dutch reach. Three years on, the changes are still news to people. https://milometry.com/blog/mot-and-roadworthiness-for-work-vehicles https://milometry.com/blog/mot-and-roadworthiness-for-work-vehicles Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team The test is one day a year. The obligation is every day, and for work vehicles it reaches the employer too. What an MOT covers, and what it does not. https://milometry.com/blog/uk-vs-us-mileage-rates https://milometry.com/blog/uk-vs-us-mileage-rates Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Two countries, two systems, and a gap that is smaller than the exchange rate makes it look. The rates side by side, and the difference that matters. https://milometry.com/blog/driving-in-america-uk-driver https://milometry.com/blog/driving-in-america-uk-driver Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Right on red, four-way stops, undertaking as standard, and roads built on an entirely different assumption. What catches a British driver out. https://milometry.com/blog/why-britain-barely-tolls-its-roads https://milometry.com/blog/why-britain-barely-tolls-its-roads Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team One tolled motorway, a handful of crossings, and a funding model completely unlike the American turnpike. How British roads are paid for instead. https://milometry.com/blog/why-uk-road-schemes-take-decades https://milometry.com/blog/why-uk-road-schemes-take-decades Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Road Investment Strategies, development consent, and the reason the A303 has been a plan for longer than most drivers have held a licence. https://milometry.com/blog/dartford-crossing-and-dart-charge https://milometry.com/blog/dartford-crossing-and-dart-charge Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team There is no barrier and no toll booth. The charge has to be paid by midnight the day after you cross, and missing that deadline turns it into a penalty. https://milometry.com/blog/london-driving-for-work https://milometry.com/blog/london-driving-for-work Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Congestion charge, ULEZ, parking and the arithmetic that often makes the train cheaper, and sometimes does not. https://milometry.com/blog/m6-toll-is-it-worth-it https://milometry.com/blog/m6-toll-is-it-worth-it Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Britain's only tolled motorway, the time it actually saves, and the arithmetic for someone whose hours are chargeable. https://milometry.com/blog/average-speed-cameras-and-roadworks https://milometry.com/blog/average-speed-cameras-and-roadworks Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Not a flash, not one camera, and the myths about lane-changing are wrong. What they measure and why roadworks use them. https://milometry.com/blog/driving-licence-checks-for-employers https://milometry.com/blog/driving-licence-checks-for-employers Thu, 29 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Licence checks, the share code system, and the grey fleet nobody thinks is their responsibility. How to check properly, and how often. https://milometry.com/blog/winter-driving-for-work https://milometry.com/blog/winter-driving-for-work Thu, 22 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Everyone else can stay at home. If the job is at the other end, here is what actually helps, from stopping distances to the tyres under you. https://milometry.com/blog/what-milometry-does-when-you-force-quit https://milometry.com/blog/what-milometry-does-when-you-force-quit Thu, 15 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT Using Milometry The Milometry Team The failure mode every background-recording app has, and what an honest one does about it. What survives a swipe, and what that means in practice. https://milometry.com/blog/how-gps-distance-is-measured https://milometry.com/blog/how-gps-distance-is-measured Thu, 08 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT Using Milometry The Milometry Team GPS drift, straight lines between points, and which of the two numbers is actually right. Why your phone and your odometer do not quite agree. https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-for-carers-and-community-nurses https://milometry.com/blog/mileage-for-carers-and-community-nurses Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Care workers and community nurses cover serious mileage in five-minute hops, and a lot of it never gets recorded properly. https://milometry.com/blog/claiming-when-employer-pays-less https://milometry.com/blog/claiming-when-employer-pays-less Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team If your employer pays less than the approved mileage rate, Mileage Allowance Relief gives you tax relief on the gap. It is often left unclaimed. https://milometry.com/blog/driving-in-europe-after-brexit https://milometry.com/blog/driving-in-europe-after-brexit Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team GB or UK stickers, insurance, and the documents that turn a border into an hour. What to carry, what each country asks for, and where mileage fits. https://milometry.com/blog/ev-charging-costs-on-the-road https://milometry.com/blog/ev-charging-costs-on-the-road Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Home charging is cheap. Rapid charging on a motorway is not, and the gap changes what a business trip actually costs. https://milometry.com/blog/sales-reps-and-territory-driving https://milometry.com/blog/sales-reps-and-territory-driving Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The 10,000-mile threshold arrives by late summer, the car wears out in three years, and the arithmetic is different from everyone else's. https://milometry.com/blog/roundabouts-and-lane-discipline https://milometry.com/blog/roundabouts-and-lane-discipline Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Lane choice, signalling, and the spiral markings that catch out drivers who have used the same junction for years. https://milometry.com/blog/dutch-untaxed-kilometre-allowance https://milometry.com/blog/dutch-untaxed-kilometre-allowance Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team One flat figure, no threshold, and the same number whether you are employed or self-employed. The simplest system in Europe, and the narrowest safety net. https://milometry.com/blog/tyre-pressure-and-what-it-costs https://milometry.com/blog/tyre-pressure-and-what-it-costs Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team A few psi low is invisible, legal and quietly expensive. It costs fuel every mile and it costs the tyre itself, and on a work vehicle both add up fast. https://milometry.com/blog/drivers-hours-for-vans https://milometry.com/blog/drivers-hours-for-vans Thu, 01 Jun 2023 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Most van drivers assume tachograph rules are a lorry problem. There is a second, domestic set of rules, and plenty of ordinary work driving falls under them. https://milometry.com/blog/drink-drive-limits-across-europe https://milometry.com/blog/drink-drive-limits-across-europe Thu, 25 May 2023 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team England, Wales and Northern Ireland sit above almost every country you might drive into, and Scotland does not. Abroad, the number in your head is wrong. https://milometry.com/blog/towing-rules-changed https://milometry.com/blog/towing-rules-changed Thu, 18 May 2023 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team The separate trailer test was scrapped, which sounds like a simplification and mostly is. The weight arithmetic that decides if you are legal did not change. https://milometry.com/blog/what-a-litre-of-petrol-is-made-of https://milometry.com/blog/what-a-litre-of-petrol-is-made-of Thu, 11 May 2023 09:00:00 GMT Fuel & running costs The Milometry Team Most of what you hand over at the pump is not fuel. Duty is a flat sum per litre, VAT is charged on top of the duty, and the fuel itself is the smaller half. https://milometry.com/blog/per-diems-the-other-half https://milometry.com/blog/per-diems-the-other-half Thu, 04 May 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The mileage is the part everyone remembers. The meals, the overnight stay and the incidentals are easy to forget, and they have their own rules. https://milometry.com/blog/germany-one-percent-rule https://milometry.com/blog/germany-one-percent-rule Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team No emissions bands, no benefit tables. One percent of what the car cost new, every month, plus a charge for the commute. Brutally simple, occasionally brutal. https://milometry.com/blog/self-employed-simplified-expenses https://milometry.com/blog/self-employed-simplified-expenses Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Employees claim relief on a shortfall. Sole traders deduct simplified expenses from profit. The rate is identical and almost nothing else is. https://milometry.com/blog/winter-tyres-mandatory-in-germany https://milometry.com/blog/winter-tyres-mandatory-in-germany Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team Germany's requirement is not a date on the calendar but a condition on the road. Drive a British-shod car into a German cold snap and you commit an offence. https://milometry.com/blog/driving-abroad-licence-and-permits https://milometry.com/blog/driving-abroad-licence-and-permits Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:00:00 GMT Driving & the law The Milometry Team The licence itself is usually fine. The paperwork around it, the permit, the insurance and the trailer, is where a work trip comes apart. https://milometry.com/blog/company-car-tax-versus-mileage https://milometry.com/blog/company-car-tax-versus-mileage Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team One is a benefit you receive, the other is a cost you are being repaid. Once that distinction is clear, many company car questions become simpler. https://milometry.com/blog/car-allowance-is-not-mileage https://milometry.com/blog/car-allowance-is-not-mileage Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team One is taxed as pay, the other is not. Plenty of people receive both, and a surprising number believe the allowance means they cannot claim anything else. https://milometry.com/blog/electric-cars-three-countries https://milometry.com/blog/electric-cars-three-countries Thu, 16 Mar 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Britain pays an EV the same as a diesel, Ireland files it under an engine size, and France gives it its own higher scale. None of them is pure costing. https://milometry.com/blog/what-a-mileage-log-must-prove https://milometry.com/blog/what-a-mileage-log-must-prove Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Four tax authorities, four rate structures, and near-identical expectations about evidence. The rate varies. What counts as a record barely does. https://milometry.com/blog/tax-years-that-do-not-start-in-january https://milometry.com/blog/tax-years-that-do-not-start-in-january Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Britain resets on 6 April, most of Europe and Japan on 1 January. If your mileage threshold resets on a date you have not noticed, your claim is wrong. https://milometry.com/blog/passenger-rate-british-peculiarity https://milometry.com/blog/passenger-rate-british-peculiarity Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Carry a colleague on a business trip in Britain and your employer can pay an extra 5p a mile, tax free. Germany dropped its equivalent in 2014. https://milometry.com/blog/who-pays-for-the-commute https://milometry.com/blog/who-pays-for-the-commute Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team Britain refuses to recognise it, Germany gives it an allowance, Japan caps it by distance, and America treats it as personal. One journey, four verdicts. https://milometry.com/blog/irs-rate-2023-65-5-cents https://milometry.com/blog/irs-rate-2023-65-5-cents Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team America revises its mileage rate every year, sometimes mid-year. Britain held 45p from 2011 to 2026. The difference in method matters more than the number. https://milometry.com/blog/ireland-civil-service-rates https://milometry.com/blog/ireland-civil-service-rates Thu, 02 Feb 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The civil service motor travel rates are a grid, not a rate: engine capacity down one side, distance bands across the other, and EVs in a petrol row. https://milometry.com/blog/spain-gastos-de-locomocion https://milometry.com/blog/spain-gastos-de-locomocion Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team One flat figure, no bands and no threshold. Spain raised it from 19 to 26 cents in 2023, and it remains an employer payment rather than an employee claim. https://milometry.com/blog/france-bareme-kilometrique https://milometry.com/blog/france-bareme-kilometrique Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team The barème kilométrique varies by fiscal horsepower and by distance driven. There is no one number, and quoting one is how a French claim goes wrong. https://milometry.com/blog/japan-no-mileage-rate https://milometry.com/blog/japan-no-mileage-rate Thu, 12 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team No national figure to claim per kilometre. The tax agency sets a monthly ceiling on commuting allowances, banded by distance, and it is not a mileage claim. https://milometry.com/blog/germany-kilometerpauschale https://milometry.com/blog/germany-kilometerpauschale Thu, 05 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT HMRC & tax The Milometry Team No threshold, no banding, and a completely separate allowance for the commute. The German system is simpler than Britain's in one way and stricter in another.