Re: Rolling out to private sector is the right thing to do. @Hmmm...
> when you are in contracts that are typically 3 months to a year, you travel to wherever the work is rather than moving home. This normally means travel and/or accommodation costs. To me, it seems fair that this should be allowed against tax.
Well, you can certainly claim travel expenses for the first two years, up to 45p per mile up to 10,000 miles and then 25p a mile thereafter for cars. I don't know about accommodation. Canny contractors ride motorcycles and claim the car allowance because the IR doesn't have the first clue about the running costs of nice motorcycles. (They allow up to 24p per mile for motorcycles and encourage bicycles with a generous 20p per mile.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
