{"id":796,"date":"2019-07-10T17:34:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T16:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/?p=796"},"modified":"2022-05-10T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:00:16","slug":"mileage-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/the-tax-basics\/mileage-allowance\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the Mileage Allowance work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"\/en-uk\/glossary\/mileage-allowance\/\">Mileage Allowance<\/a> is a simple tax-free allowance that you can claim for using your own car for business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tax in 10(ish) seconds - what are expenses?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H2yyiSfSdoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When should I claim the Mileage Allowance?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Depends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>if you use your own (existing) car for business, absolutely yes<\/li><li>but if you bought your car specifically to be a driver (for example, to drive for Uber), then probably not. 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