Tax on Subsistence Payments

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I'm retired. I draw £12570/year from my private pension, too young for state pension. So I pay no tax.

I do some charity work that involves foreign travel. They pay for travel and hotels. What's the most they can pay me as a daily flat payment for subsistence before tax becomes an issue. Of do I have to submit all receipts and claim exactly what I spend (excluding alcohol, they they will not pay).

[FlabbyMidgets]

My old employer used the HMRC rates. Was payed directly with no receipts and you provided your own exchange rate. Not a finance expert but is this what you're looking for?

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/expenses-rates-for-emp...

[Rough101]

If they only reimburse costs against receipts you haven’t gained anything thus no tax.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

FlabbyMidgets said:

My old employer used the HMRC rates. Was payed directly with no receipts and you provided your own exchange rate. Not a finance expert but is this what you're looking for?

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/expenses-rates-for-emp...

Exactly what I wanted. Annoying that there's so many different rates but for all the countries I would visit, the 24 hour rate seems way above the proposed daily rate, so no tax issue on receiving the proposed flat payment.