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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co....umber_plates_/
Do it on a voluntary basis, kind of like those ID tags used by employees in a lot of industries so the public knows the unknown guy is accountable. Maybe 0.25% of the public bothers to pull out a smart device and check. Has anyone heard of any crimes committed by someone with a fake ID? It could be happening and just not be getting reported. Some businesses require their reps to drive but it's mostly because vehicles have tags. As it is now if a rep wants to cycle he has to park his bicycle several blocks away and then, if asked, mumble something like "the last job was around the corner and it was easier to just walk." This response is not risk free on short trips but it isn't a worry on longer trips. No one is going to believe you cycled 40 miles, changed into dress clothes under a bridge, did the job, changed back into Lycra and the cycled back home. One purely academic ethical question: Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. |
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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
On 05/10/2015 04:18, Bret Cahill wrote:
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co....umber_plates_/ Do it on a voluntary basis, kind of like those ID tags used by employees in a lot of industries so the public knows the unknown guy is accountable. Maybe 0.25% of the public bothers to pull out a smart device and check. Has anyone heard of any crimes committed by someone with a fake ID? It could be happening and just not be getting reported. Some businesses require their reps to drive but it's mostly because vehicles have tags. As it is now if a rep wants to cycle he has to park his bicycle several blocks away and then, if asked, mumble something like "the last job was around the corner and it was easier to just walk." This response is not risk free on short trips but it isn't a worry on longer trips. No one is going to believe you cycled 40 miles, changed into dress clothes under a bridge, did the job, changed back into Lycra and the cycled back home. One purely academic ethical question: Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. There is a school of thought which accepts both of those as factors. The diet one is decidedly dodgy, though. Every worker expends energy. It's part of being a worker and doing work, for which normal pay/salary is the consideration. If the cost of food for a cyclist doing official travel was valid (I say it isn't), manual workers who do very heavy work would have a much better claim on "expenses" just for doing their normal job. The wear and tear argument is much more of a sound basis for the payment of expenses, subject to a fixed limit (just as applies with motor vehicles, even if the employee uses a vintage Bentley). |
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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
On Monday, 5 October 2015 04:18:09 UTC+1, Bret Cahill wrote:
One purely academic ethical question: Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. QUOTE: "Mileage allowances. Reimburse your cyclists for using their bikes on company business. The allowance should be on a pence-per-mile basis and ideally match the rate offered for using the smallest cc car - say 35 pence per mile." https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/co...yersGuide.aspx |
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On 05/10/2015 13:30, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 5 October 2015 04:18:09 UTC+1, Bret Cahill wrote: One purely academic ethical question: Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. QUOTE: "Mileage allowances. Reimburse your cyclists for using their bikes on company business. The allowance should be on a pence-per-mile basis and ideally match the rate offered for using the smallest cc car - say 35 pence per mile." https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/co...yersGuide.aspx Says who? |
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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
One purely academic ethical question:
Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. QUOTE: "Mileage allowances. Reimburse your cyclists for using their bikes on company business. The allowance should be on a pence-per-mile basis and ideally match the rate offered for using the smallest cc car - say 35 pence per mile." https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/co...yersGuide.aspx Thanks. I'll forward that to an acquaintance who claimed otherwise. Bret Cahill |
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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
On 05/10/2015 16:16, Bret Cahill wrote:
One purely academic ethical question: Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. QUOTE: "Mileage allowances. Reimburse your cyclists for using their bikes on company business. The allowance should be on a pence-per-mile basis and ideally match the rate offered for using the smallest cc car - say 35 pence per mile." https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/co...yersGuide.aspx Thanks. I'll forward that to an acquaintance who claimed otherwise. Be aware that it is far from being in any sense "official". HMRC would regard such a rate as engendering a profit and would tax it. |
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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 05:30:52 -0700 (PDT), Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 5 October 2015 04:18:09 UTC+1, Bret Cahill wrote: One purely academic ethical question: Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. QUOTE: "Mileage allowances. Reimburse your cyclists for using their bikes on company business. The allowance should be on a pence-per-mile basis and ideally match the rate offered for using the smallest cc car - say 35 pence per mile." If you do that it will be a taxable benefit. The HMRC limit for cycling is 20p/mile. regards, Ian SMith -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |
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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
On 05/10/2015 16:25, JNugent wrote:
On 05/10/2015 16:16, Bret Cahill wrote: One purely academic ethical question: Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. QUOTE: "Mileage allowances. Reimburse your cyclists for using their bikes on company business. The allowance should be on a pence-per-mile basis and ideally match the rate offered for using the smallest cc car - say 35 pence per mile." https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/co...yersGuide.aspx Thanks. I'll forward that to an acquaintance who claimed otherwise. Be aware that it is far from being in any sense "official". HMRC would regard such a rate as engendering a profit and would tax it. OMG! Don't mention paying tax to a cyclist! He'll have a conniption fit! |
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Even cyclists are asking for number plates
On Monday, 5 October 2015 16:47:08 UTC+1, Ian Smith wrote:
On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 05:30:52 -0700 (PDT), Alycidon wrote: On Monday, 5 October 2015 04:18:09 UTC+1, Bret Cahill wrote: One purely academic ethical question: Is was wrong to claim mileage when you're cycling instead of driving? Consider wear and tear on the bicycle, high carb diet, etc. QUOTE: "Mileage allowances. Reimburse your cyclists for using their bikes on company business. The allowance should be on a pence-per-mile basis and ideally match the rate offered for using the smallest cc car - say 35 pence per mile." If you do that it will be a taxable benefit. The HMRC limit for cycling is 20p/mile. The long arm of the HRMC does not extend to Bret's neck of the woods in SW USA. |
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