business expenses for employee driving???

[daveindales]

Ok, so when my son starts to learn to drive, can I put his lessons and insurance through my accounts??

 

My son already works part-time for me. He would like to learn to drive when old enough. Could I offset my tax expenses by claiming back driving lessons and insurance?

 

Naturally, he would be working for me (the company) His insurance as a 17 year old would be high, but would this be acceptable to HMRC? Could I use his lessons as 'training' and say I need him to be able to drive, for the benefit of 'the company'

 

Anybody any thoughts?

[swinny]

Multi vehicle policy. Business use and son as a named driver

[swinny]

And as employed i dont see why you shouldnt be able to put it down as training. As you need him to drive to collect supplies etc...

[Rich Rule]

Sorry cannot help with the HMRC query. Have you tried speaking to them at the 'Office' or your accountant.

[Gus McWilliam]

We tried that through my stepdads business and most multicar policies have a strict age limit.

[WorcsWuss]

The military put people through lots of driving lessons and tests, how is this done? Same principal I would have thought? I see no reason why you couldn't, like you say, if he needs to drive for his job and have a license to do so, how is it any different from paying for his cs30 etc?

[daveindales]

The military put people through lots of driving lessons and tests, how is this done? Same principal I would have thought? I see no reason why you couldn't, like you say, if he needs to drive for his job and have a license to do so, how is it any different from paying for his cs30 etc?

 

That's pretty much my opinion.

[WorcsWuss]

That's pretty much my opinion.

 

Then go for it. I doubt they'll even notice to be honest, we're talking hundreds of pounds here, not thousands. You're hardly Starbucks!

[Gareth Dalzell]

If he is an employee of yours and is on your hmrc declared payroll then it may be allowable. A quick call would sort it out for sure.