Business travel

majnus

Hi,

I was asked to travel over 600km with my personal car. Once off trip to work somewhere for a day.

I was just wondering - how are they suppose to pay me for this travel? AFAIK they should pay not only for petrol, but for miles too, am i right?


Thanks!

bruce wayne

Typically a mileage rate is paid to the employee based on the miles travelled. The rates paid are usually different dependant on the number of cumulative miles claimed for in a given tax year and the engine size of the car.

Most companies follow the revenue commissioner guidelines and implement the civil service rates....and some companies can pay a bit more...its up the company to decide.

check out the revenue.ie link for more details.

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it51.html

by their rates at best you might get €354 for the 600km based on 1.5 litre or larger engine or at worse €234 based on an up to 1.2 litre engine.

majnus

Thank you for your reply.

I was on the same trip few months ago and I only got the money for petrol, and nothing else.

And how is it paid? With the next wages, or at the end of the year...? And they are legally obliged to pay for mileage?

Thank you

DeepSleeper

OP - I'm not sure they are obliged to pay you mileage, but then I wouldn't drive for work if mileage wasn't being paid. To just pay someone petrol money is really not on (unless they are very generous in this regard) - it fails to take into account other motoring costs.

With regard to payment methods, I guess that varies from place to place, but don't expect payment for petrol and miles (as your post seems to suggest...) - the term mileage generally means a per mile rate which is calculated to cover petrol and other costs.

You need to check out the system in your company before you make this trip - "what is the standard milage rate for this kind of trip?" is the question you need to put to your supervisor/mamager/accounts person. Make sure you know whether the answer refers to miles or kilometers - the term mileage often covers both but 50c per mile is a lot less than 50c per km.

Do bear in mind that if you are being sent out on a round trip to a client who lives/works 300km away, then it is likely that your company is charging the client mileage on top of his bill for your services. The rate they charge him may be higher than the rate they pay you (this is often the case), but at least be aware that their invoice to the client probably includes some type of charge for mileage - either explicit or worked into the overall cost.

Victor

Such expenses are normally paid on the next pay day or at worst, the following pay day.