Mileage Allowances

Mileage Allowance Payments (MAPs) are what you pay your employee for using their own vehicle for business journeys. You are allowed to pay an employee a certain amount of MAPs each year without having to report them to HMRC. This is called an 'approved amount'.

Work out the value

To calculate the 'approved amount', multiply your employee’s business travel miles for the year by the rate per mile for their vehicle.	Tax: rates per business mile
	Type of vehicle	First 10,000 miles	Above 10,000 miles
	Cars and vans	45p	22p

What to report and pay

Anything above the 'approved amount'	Report on form P11D Add anything above the 'approved amount' to the employee's pay, and deduct and pay tax as normal
Anything below the 'approved amount'	Your employee will be able to get tax relief (called Mileage Allowance Relief, orMAR) on the unused balance of the approved amount You can make separate optional reports to HMRC of any such unused balances under a scheme called the Mileage Allowance Relief Optional Reporting Scheme (MARORS) – For further details please contact HMRC to join the scheme