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Travelling on

03 November 2015 / David Kirk
Issue: 4525 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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HMRC’s consultation document on travel expenses for intermediaries.
KEY POINTS:
 
  • „„HMRC are consulting on employment intermediaries and tax relief for travel and subsistence.
  • „„Tax relief for home-to-work travel expenses for employees of employment intermediaries will be restricted.
  • „„New legislation in ITEPA 2003 s 289A may have a similar effect.
  • „„A recent discussion document Travel and Subsistence considered the same issues.
  • „„The definition of an “employment intermediary” now differs between legislative provisions.

In July 2015 HMRC published a consultation document  Employment Intermediaries and Tax Relief for Travel and Subsistence (tinyurl.com/omfrcl8). In this paper the government proposes to remove tax relief for ordinary commuting – in general home-to-work travel and subsistence expenses – for workers who are:

  • supplying personal services;
  • ...

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