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UK Government cuts two years off the entitlement period for construction workers' travel expenses claims
(14/01/2010)

The UK Inland Revenue has paid out millions of pounds to construction workers for travel expenses claims going back up to six years. Soon that is all set to change and anyone who may still be entitled to claim over that period may lose out. At the end of January the claim period will be reduced to five years, with a further cut to four years at the end of April. Said Jan Post of tax claims specialist Rift: “with almost no warning at all, the G... [more]

Construction workers often pay more tax than they need
(15/09/2009)

The rise in fuel duty will be particularly painful for the construction industry. However, for some construction workers who use their own vehicles to travel from site to site there is the possibility of claiming back their travel expenses from the tax man. Needless to say this is not something that the Revenue is anxious to publicise as it could involve repayments to many thousands of people running into millions of pounds. Explains Jan Post,... [more]

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