Beachcomber wrote:Wee Toon Ajax wrote:I have worked as an accountant over 20 years now...
Why does that come as no surprise?
So come on then, what do you claim in expenses for mileage allowance? I get the Inland Revenue approved maximum of 40p/mile.
If my grammar offends you then I'll try not to lose any sleep over it, but when someone says it's ok for them to receive substantially more than the ordinary man in the street just because the rules say they can, I tend to get a little fiesty.
So what does that mean that you are not surprised that I am an accountant. Not all accountants are on the fiddle, if that is what you are getting at.
What do I claim in mileage - eh nothing as I dont actually drive, any expenses I do claim for travel are backed up by receipts and the only beneficiary is the company who will claim them as legitimate expenses against corporate tax and I am refunded for being out of pocket in the first place.
Not your grammar offends me but as I will say again you wrote a piece which was inaccurate in that you claimed Mather paid himself, once again I repeat he does not pay himself mileage, no one does they claim it from their employer for miles spent on legitemate business travel. It is their employer who sets the rate which an employee is paid as a mileage expense. If the employer goes with the stated inland revenue rate then fair enough, if the employer decides to go above that rate then the employee is taxed on the excess as a benefit in kind and if the employer pays below the stated Inland revenue amount it is their choice, nothing the employee can do.
In this case make a complaint to the Scottish Parliament about them paying above the Inland revenue recommended rate, and if you want to get really political - ask why is the rate set for the UK as a whole and not regionally as surely you living in Scotland will realise fuel costs are substantially higher than in England so if any MPs are going to be making money out of mileage allowance it will surely be those in areas where fuel is cheaper.
As I have said before I am disgusted by the whole expenses scandal not just at parliamentry level but also what I have witnessed personally in various employments over the last 15 years where employees, who could be classed as normal people, would be on the take.
To me people who abuse expenses in any form whether they be politicians or employees of a company are nothing more than thieves and should be prosecuted accordingly.
