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Mileage expenses


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That looks like quite a neat little gadget, but a bit frivilous; I can't see it doing anything that I can't do myself with Excel and the trip computer (or Google Maps). One thing which did occur to me is proving that the logged journeys are legitimate business journeys - is it enough to log the start, end, distance, client and job, and on the off chance I ever get inspected be able to say 'I travelled from here to here, for this job for this client, which correlates to this invoice number'?
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Mark if you have that info that would be more than enough I would think. I would not expect them to look at every journey. The main thing is that they need to see that you are keeping accurate records of everything - what ever method you use is up to you. You cannot just use ad hoc estimates (as I was doing)
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Paperwork saddo alert. I have a little notebook and a pen that I keep in the compartment under the radio in my car. I write down the date, the number of miles and what job it was for.

 

I'm rubbish at doing my paperwork and really feel I must do better but I'm quite proud of myself for starting to do this as I do a lot of miles for work!!

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Every appointment or job I has goes in Google Calendar. I then use that at the end of the month to do the mileage, I might miss the odd one here or there but it gives me a solid audit trail if ever asked...
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I'm retired and out of the country now so, alas, no mileage for me. However, when it applied, I was a paperwork saddo too. Occasionally I'd go high tech and zero the trip meter but that was about it.
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