mileage payments

Bevharty51
Bevharty51 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hi all hope your doing ok on this sunny day (at last a sunny morning)
I have been stressing over the job im trying out atm as i get paid mileage which i need to run my car for the job of a delivery driver. Ive been sent a form to update from DWP it has a section for expenses . without mileage my pay each week with the hours i do works out under the amount allowed to do on ESA supported perm work but the mileage takes it higher, but its not pay and it shows as expenses. Will this effect my ESA payments im wondering ? anyone had similar senario ?
Many thanks if you read this far.
Bev 

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  • wilko
    wilko Online Community Member Posts: 2,438 Championing
    @Bevharty51, I think your best option to get clarification on this matter is to phone the DWP ESA help line and enquire about your mileage claim payments being classed as income or allowed expenses. Then you will know for sure. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    edited September 2021
    The the last place I would advise anyone to go is to DWP. When you ring them you are ringing a call centre and nothing more. It’s very unlikely they will know the answer to this. 
    I have no idea what is allowed as expenses when self employed but others may know. 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    edited September 2021
    OP, are you
    • employed and being paid mileage per mile you drive in connection with your work and if so is the payment at the approved HMRC rate (or below)
    • or self employed?
    I inferred the former, I think poppy has inferred the latter.

    If you are employed and you are being paid milage at or below HMRC approved rate this will not be counted as earnings when calculated whether or not you are within Permitted Work rules if the milage is wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the course of your work. If you are paid above the approved rate then the excess would count as earnings. The approved rate for a car or van is, I think, 45p/mile if the vehicle you are driving is yours (not a company car).
  • Bevharty51
    Bevharty51 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
    Thank you very much for replies , very useful. I think I’m being paid more than 45p a mile but will check on that , it’s such a stress makes me not want to bother ! I enjoy the small amount of work I can manage , but struggle at times physically even without all the forms / checking up on me . Got quite anxious over it all 

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