CM, What do you put against your Tax

[shosha]

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You have your mindees seen by a vet ????????????????? strange woman

Of course......to get them de-fleed etc

Seriously though, I meant things like worming etc - it's not a lot but I didn't used to do that before childminding but I know they have to be done when c/m so just wondered if could claim for any part? Desperate to reduce my bill as looking like it's going to be high and I didn't have to pay last year!

have you made sure you have put every bit of petrol on it, i find that my travel costs bring alot of it down. But then I have to drive to school everyday.

How do you work out your food?

Mileage is at 40p

Toilet rool/bleach/kitchen roll/lightbulbs?

I claim worming but not the cat injections as I already had them done, & also for de-flea-ing

Katy - yeah, I already had injections done so wasn't planning on claiming them but the worming and flee stuff I didn't until I started so can I claim for that? As for food, I work out every single item on the supermarket shop and judge how much is for childminding.

Shosh - I don't put petrol on, just put mileage down. I must say, I was wondering what to do about the car when it comes to that bit. I bought my 7-seater in Feb 07 and it's purely for childminding.

If my INCOME for the last tax year was a bit under £15k, how much would you expect to pay for tax, at a total guess of course as we all have different expenses.

I would be careful about the car - take some professional advise - it normally works out about the same, unless you do very high or very low mileage

My income last year was £52K & my profit was £4700 - so I am not the right person to ask

Food I 'charge' the IR a set amount for meals based on the children due (so if they are off sick I still charge as I bought the food for them) - I use a meal/snack rate for different ages under 1, under 5, under 8 & over 8

Katy - I was only going to look into the car thing, I'm pretty sure it would be a right PITA and best to just do mileage still? As for food, I'd love to do that but I don't meal plan atm so suppose I can't do the same.

at your Income v's profit!

Can I put down all the booze I had in the evenings (prior to current condition) - it was the job that drove me to it.....honest!!!

SS&ATN - no alcohol - you would have that with a horrid job you were employed for (honest)
Remember I have staff

Katy - it was a joke, I hope you know that!

Personally I am teetotal - but I am considering taking up alcohol as a hobby esp on days after I have my problem child

Well have a bucket load for me, I can't for at least another 5 months!!!

I claim all petrol cos I only ever use the car for childminding. dont need it at any other time. If we use it at weekend to go somewhere far then obviously I wouldnt claim for the petrol used.
I hope its fine to claim all petrol, Only been minding a year so just using assumptions.

FL - do you claim just petrol then, instead of mileage?

HIJACK - Help me with my hair?

actually, I couldn't do all petrol as although the car is for childminding etc, my son is in the car too and dropped off at nursery etc.

I just claim the mileage which actually works out more than claiming the petrol. (well does t the MO, if the price of petrol goes up it wont)

Do you think they will put our Mileage allowance up if the price of petrol goes up much more?

gosh I hope so

Claim mileage, not fuel cost, as even now the permitted mileage rate is higher than the cost of fuel (though that may not be the case for long, the rate has not changed for quite a long time - HMRC are looking at it).

Don't have a 'company car'... there are rules that affect those, which seem a bit complex to me.

hijack nannynick can u help me on geeky stuff please?

Cheers Nick, I'm STILL at it after over 11 hrs!! When I come to mileage tomorrow, I'll still with just that. Actually, I threw all petrol receipts anyway as didn't use them last time. And I'll forget my car is a company car and stick with just mileage then

I'll never remember to hit the button to start the mileage again every time I get in the car and then record it before I get out. too much hassel for me. That's why I claim petrol instead of mileage.
If I could get my act together and record all my mileage I would but I always seem to be in such a hurry

I do my mileage by googlemaps, I put in my postcode, put in the post code of where I went and it gives you the mileage.

oh shoshe what a good idea! maybe I'll try that and see how I go. I'll be able to do that anytime, Thankyou!