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With effect from 1 May 07, changes have been introduced to some allowances. Get this, they're changes that work out better for us.
Incidental Expenses We can now claim the full rate of incidentals for each eligible night away, i.e., £5 for the UK and £10 overseas. Receipts do not have to be kept, nor does the expenditure need to be justified.
Day Subsistence Periods of 2 or more consecutive days that attract the payment of subsistence allowances can be aggregated. So if you are away for 5 days you have £106 to spend. This means we can spend £10 one day, £30 the next and not be out of pocket.
Alcoholic Beverages Receipted expenditure for alcohol may be claimed. There is no limit on the amount of alcohol (as long as it remains within subsistence limits) other than that set by local commanders, but people are expected to remain within the spirit of the regulations, i.e, one half-bottle of wine with the evening meal. (Yeah, right).
The only downside is that receipts now have to be retained for 2 years, not one as before. This is a compromise between what the MOD wanted (one year) and what the Tax Office tried to insist on (3 years).
Incidental Expenses We can now claim the full rate of incidentals for each eligible night away, i.e., £5 for the UK and £10 overseas. Receipts do not have to be kept, nor does the expenditure need to be justified.
Day Subsistence Periods of 2 or more consecutive days that attract the payment of subsistence allowances can be aggregated. So if you are away for 5 days you have £106 to spend. This means we can spend £10 one day, £30 the next and not be out of pocket.
Alcoholic Beverages Receipted expenditure for alcohol may be claimed. There is no limit on the amount of alcohol (as long as it remains within subsistence limits) other than that set by local commanders, but people are expected to remain within the spirit of the regulations, i.e, one half-bottle of wine with the evening meal. (Yeah, right).
The only downside is that receipts now have to be retained for 2 years, not one as before. This is a compromise between what the MOD wanted (one year) and what the Tax Office tried to insist on (3 years).
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