How do I deduct commute distance from mileage claims?

Modified on Tue, 10 Dec, 2024 at 3:03 PM

It is standard practice not to claim back expenses for the commute between your home and office. Within Capture Expense, you can remove commute distance from any Mileage claims created. This is because the claims will automatically enter the travel from the home.

When you are signed in to your Capture Expense Desktop app, you can enter your journey details if your system is set up to prompt you upon your initial sign in. Or, unprompted, you can enter your journey details when necessary through your user settings. Otherwise you will need to enter your journey details each time you create a business mileage claim.

Create the business mileage expense claim.

  1. Sign in to Capture Expense.
  2. Tap Expense. The New view appears.
  3. Ensure the relevant Business Mileage category is selected. The Business Mileage details with the company car and Location Start automatically entered. The Commute deduction also appears. 
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  4. Tap the + Add waypoint button to add a way point, if required.
  5. Tap the Round trip option to Yes, if required.
  6. Enter the destination's post code in the Location End field. The Distance deducts the home to work distance and displays the balance as the Distance amount
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  7. Tap the Save button. The Expense claim becomes a draft claim in Expenses

  Note:

If you wish to claim the commute deduction, it becomes a Benefit-in-Kind because the commute between office and home is non-tax deductible.

 

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