Paging those on expenses

Ben Blaney says...

That's what we do at our firm. When we all went away do do a trade show
I paid the hotel bill and a colleague paid the meals bill for all 13 of
us.

 

Funnily enough, we can't use trains, but we can claim mileage. Am I going
to drive in to SBK in my own car? I should fucking cocoa.

I've got train travel approved for next week, for a 1-2-1 with my boss, with
his boss "sitting in". "Ah", sez I, "a two-to-one? Faced worse odds
before. Bring it on."

<nods>

 

I would.. 40p/mile IIRC.

However, here is a trick.

Estimate the number of trips you plan to make in the next 12 months for
the account you're on then send the PE / Manager / whoever holds the
purse strings a note requesting approval for X number of trips, at £x
over the next 12 months in support of *project name*, coming to a total
of £xxx..

If it runs out, you'll easily get it renewed. Every system has a
bypass.

But, don't get me started on HR.. apparently they've just rejected one
of the best graduate placements I've ever worked with because he didn't
do well in one of thier pointless tests, and was openly critical of how
pointless, irrelevant and ill thought out it was[1]... he's already got
an open job offer and a director as a sponsor... this could run and
run.

[1] Good lad.

 

I suggest you look it up. Somewhere around 33p/mile.

CBA. Don't much need to travel atm.

One of our better network bods is taking the package. He leaves next week.
His boss found out (by chance) this week...

 

You can claim the other 7p/mile back off the taxman.

Turns a tidy profit over the year compared to my 9p/mile on a co.car.

Heh. My aim is to be allowed to take the next one. [1]

[1] There's bound to be a next one..

 

Really? How does that work?

My oppo is on a 4-week IPT course in Reading atm, commuting up there from
Cheltenham, and he reckons to have covered 3K miles by the time the course
is over.

 

It's all on the IR site, but basicly you submit the difference between
what you were paid for private vehicle usage and the govt. figures on
your tax return, then they credit you accordingly, usually with a nice
fat cheque.

I was a 30K business miles a year type at one time..

 

<forwarded to work addy>

 

Paid her in old Honda spares and charged the price of new replacements.

 

32p/mile is what we get.

 

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**** off, all of you.

Actually, Ivan is right. It was a knocking shop in Germany, where we
were doing a sort of tongue-in-cheek test of three cruisers coupled with
re-tracing a 1938 tourist itinerary, and we borrowed a couple of hookers
for a photo session. And we got a receipt.

It was made out as "meal and drinks". Honest.

 

Frantic digging out of receipts, then...

 

If you need pointing in the right direction, just shout - I've just
submitted a claim for a reasonable amount of tax rebate.

<fx: off to look for a Gixxer Thou instead of a 9R>

 

I'd be totally amazed if you don't claim the other 8p/mile back
though... in fact no, i'd be disgusted.

 

Statto says...

Sound plan

 

How little you know!

I had it down as Belgium or possibly Holland, but you'd know best!

Wasn't that where you got that famous portrait in the bag-of-fruit
with the cigar?

--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD. "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

Well, exactly. You don't **** with the Most Intelligent Monotreme On
Usenet and get away unscathed.

It's the Venemous Spike you have to watch for.

 

Don't think I don't know what you're up to. "Venemous", indeed.

 

"Intelligent Monotreme" isn't that a bit like "culturally aware
American".

 

If possible

But not in a case like this, I've just been paid my expenses for the
trip I did last month. The most expensive of the 2 Hotels I used did
exactly as you say just put restaurant[1] on the bill despite having a
computerised billing system.

Had BT try that on myself and a colleague once. I asked if it would be
possible to commute everyday and on being told that wasn't sensible
pointed out neither was expecting me to cough up for 3 weeks of hotel
bills. Dave just phoned up the accounts bod and asked if he'd come and
work nights in Manchester, whilst Dave sat on his arse in London
crossing off legitimate expenses. That was the end of the matter.

[1] I didn't know until afterwards so there was only the allowed 1
drink on the bill anyway.