Payment for travel outwith normal hours: what location will we pay you from?

If you offer a 24 hour helpline service to your clients’, this means you will often be carrying out work outwith normal working hours. As per normal commercial practice we will pay you for the cost of travel from either your office or your home address, whichever is the shorter distance.

A&A travel costs: steps you should take to ensure costs will meet the statutory tests
Advice and Assistance accounts and travel: flat mileage rate payable and parking charges

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Travel

When does travel become chargeable under A&A? Information you must be satisfied on

Find out the information you need to be satisfied about before you will be paid to travel to meet a client.

Travel

A&A and general rules for travel-related charges

Find out more about the general rules for travel in the context of civil A&A accounts, including on methods of travel.

Travel

A&A charges for consecutive days’ travel: is it cost effective?

Find out when we will pay for travel to the same location on consecutive days.

Travel

A&A travel costs: steps you should take to ensure costs will meet the statutory tests

Read about the steps you can take to ensure costs for A&A travel meet the statutory tests

Travel

Advice and Assistance accounts and travel: flat mileage rate payable and parking charges

Learn useful information about the milage allowance, VAT and parking charges for your A&A account.

Travel

Payment for travel and the appropriate apportionment of cost between clients: general policy

Find out about how travel costs should be apportioned where you have multiple clients, including various examples.

Travel

Travel costs for one destination: attending on multiple clients and when to round up time spent

Find out about charging for travel costs where you have visited multiple clients at one destination.

Travel

Travel costs where multiple destinations: how to appropriately allocate costs where equal apportionment is not possible

Read about how to allocate costs where equal apportionment cannot be done, including a worked example.