Nannies - what's the going rate for petrol by mile?

[Dordeydoo]

New employers who I started last week with have told me the current rate is 25p per mile. They got that figure from the cOmpany nanny tax.

What is the current rate? Feel I'm being conned!

45p is max rate before it's taxable. Google: HMRC travel

Employers can pay what they like.

What I found was
45p for the first 10,000 miles of travel then 25p after that.
Definitely feel like they are taking the piss now as I will not do 10,000 miles a year!!

I'm using my car at moment in a temp job (normally have a car during working hours) and yes i charge 45p per mile

I pay my nanny 45p

Thanks will question this as I feel im being used, I don't use my car often so I feel 40p per mile isn't a lot, weekly mileage adds up to about 12 miles

Print out the details from HMRC, it may help your employer to see what HMRC are saying about employee travel.

12 miles a week, gosh I do 3000 a year and may do more now that I am needing to use my car for the school run.

School is walking distance as are 3 toddler groups, shops, library, park, childrens friends so no need to drive really

We would pay 35p/mile as in the contract but our nanny has use of our car so we don't pay her any mileage at the moment.

I know you feel that you are not getting the max allowance for mileage (45p) but that is a 'max' allowance. An employer can pay what they feel fits with their expenditure and expectations. Don't take this the wrong way (sorry it is going to sound wrong) but really if these things are all within walking distance yet you choose to drive 12 miles a week isn't it a little contentious to quibble over the mileage rate. For example, If my nanny put a claim in for driving the kids to preschool where they can easily walk I might question that one really. By all means discuss this with your employer but be prepared that they may be thinking that you won't really need to be driving.........sorry, I hate to think of children being driven around when they have legs to use and overweight children is on the increase (I expect I will be flogged for such comments).

The 12miles are generally when we go to a park that's not walking distance, I take them there so they get variety. Miles also clock up when I take the baby to be weighed as that's not walking distance either

45p is the max you can claim before it becomes taxable. I know local council and a care home that oays 22p a mile. Another way of doing it is to use the AA mileage calculator where you put in things like age, make of car etc to get a more accurate cost per mile of using your car. For my nanny that comes to 22p per mile. Seems fair to me that it reflects actual cost. 45p per mile could be a perk but if your employer can,t afford it, you might have to rethink.

Does the AA calculator take account of the insurance childcare providers should have? We transport people not goods so simply adding class 1 may not be enough.

Many insurance groups add business on free / mine always have so have it on even though have a nanny car during working hours normally but handy for temp jobs like at the moment

Friends cost an extra £40 which her employers paid

The calculation that works out at 22p per mile doesn't take account of ANY insurance - 22p per mile is what the AA reckons covers just petrol, tyres, servicing and parking in a car that cost £14,000 new, i.e. just the variable costs. If you do 10,000 miles a year in that car you need to add 24p per mile to cover the fixed costs of road tax, insurance, depreciation and cost of capital and breakdown cover.

AA cost tables here.

How much does it cost parents to provide a car? Isn't that what should be taken into account? Parents want their nanny to use a car so providing that car will cost a lot, where as if nanny uses their own car the cost to patents is on a per mile basis, rather than a big upfront cost.