CM, What do you put against your Tax

[shosha]

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Same here but via aa route thing - no way could I remember the mileage each time!

Plus if ypu set up a speadsheet with all the places you go to on it, you can just add in the weeks journies

School 2.5 miles 10 = 25 miles @.40 = £12
Nursery 1.2 miles 5 = 6 miles @.40 = £2.40

etc

re food:
my friend has just taken up childminding in sept 07 so has just had all the up to date pre reg courses, looking throught her notes if you offer children food this is what you can claim:

proper hot dinner = £3
snack dinner ie beans on toast = £1.50

so what i do now is
breakfast - cereal, toast, juice, milk =£1.50
mid morning - toast and fruit and milk (half snack)= 75p
dinner - full cooked hot dinner = £3
afternoon - fruit, crumpet etc (half snack)= 75p

Well i was told approx £2.00!!!per day!..but i have had full timers who have breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner here, so i work out £4 a day for anyone with me full dayand £2 for after schoolys, my shopping cleaning bill for cm(not including my family) is about £30-£40 week!!!!

Those are really useful figures DMO

i am going on a training course soon on how to fill in your tax returns (even though i now know what to do) its £10 for the day and hopefully will give me new info on what i can claim

look into your local training booklets

im gunna try and get on one of thsoe, got leaflet through last year, will ring and see what they're doing!

carpet andupholstery cleaning, photo developing, 5 % of mobile phone bills, we had built in toy cupboards added to expenses, cleaning supplies,

this is the list of things people suggested can be claimed for! good ideas!