Unfortunately for them they’re talking bollocks.
Firstly it only applies to employees, not the self-employed who should be keeping proper records anyway.
Secondly the ruling only means that employees’ fuel reimbursements will have to be supported by a VAT receipt if the company wants to reclaim the VAT and only the VAT paid on fuel used for business purposes will be recoverable.
Posted under Courier Financial Issues, Mileage Allowance Scheme, VAT
Posted by Alec at 1:25 pm, March 3, 2006