This is usually the biggest part of a claim. Most people claim £200 or more here, so it's worth a few minutes.
Where to find it
Sign in at app.taxpro.co.uk, open your claim, then open the Travel & Mileage step.
The web address looks like app.taxpro.co.uk/claims/<your claim>/travel-and-mileage.
Which journeys count
Travel to a temporary workplace counts. That means a site, client, depot, training venue or branch you attend for a limited period rather than permanently.
Your normal commute does not count. Home to your regular place of work is ordinary commuting and HMRC don't allow relief on it. This is the single most common mistake, so if all your travel is the same journey to the same site every day, this step may genuinely not apply to you.
Also claimable alongside the journey: parking, tolls, congestion charges, meals while away, and overnight stays.
Adding a journey
Choose to add a journey.
Enter the postcode you travelled from and the postcode you travelled to. We work out the mileage for you.
Say how often you made it, for example three times a week, and whether it was a return trip.
Add any parking, meals, tolls or overnight costs for that journey.
Save, and repeat for each different journey.
You don't need a separate entry for every single day. One entry per regular journey, with how often you made it, is what we need.
If your employer paid you something towards it
Enter what they reimbursed. You can still claim the difference between what they paid and HMRC's approved rate, so it is usually still worth adding.
Do you need receipts?
For mileage, no. A record of the journeys is enough. For parking, meals, tolls and overnight stays, keep whatever receipts you have, because HMRC can ask.
Not sure whether a journey counts? Tell us where you travelled from and to, and how often, and we'll tell you.