Can I claim parking fines?
No. Penalties for breaking the law are never an allowable expense.
Last checked 12/09/2026.
No. Parking fines, speeding fines and other penalties are not allowable against tax, however unavoidable the situation felt.
Parking charges - a car park, a meter, a toll - are allowable when incurred for the work. It is the penalty that is excluded, not the parking.
Track fines anyway. They are real money out of your earnings and they belong in your true hourly rate even though they do not reduce your tax. JoltMile records them as a non-allowable expense for exactly that reason.
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What can I claim on top of the mileage allowance?
Anything that is not a cost of running the vehicle - parking, phone, kit, platform fees.
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Expenses and receipts
Recording what you spend, which costs are allowable, how to claim only the business share of a part-personal cost, and where it all lands on your tax return.
Mileage & expensesUpdated 29/09/2026
Business miles, commuting and the depot run
A business mile is one driven wholly for the work. Commuting between home and a regular workplace is never claimable. For most gig drivers the working day starts when the app goes on, which makes the drive to a chosen pickup zone personal and the drive between drops business.
Mileage & expensesUpdated 27/08/2026
Record keeping, and how long to keep it
You have to keep enough to show how every figure on your return was arrived at: what you were paid, what you spent, and how far you drove for the work. Records have to be kept for 5 years after the filing deadline for the year they cover.
HMRC & taxUpdated 27/08/2026
Capital allowances on a vehicle
A capital allowance is tax relief on something you bought to keep and use, spread over years rather than deducted at once. You cannot claim capital allowances on a vehicle and use the mileage rate for it, so for most gig drivers this is a road not taken.
Mileage & expensesUpdated 27/08/2026
ULEZ, clean air zones and the congestion charge
If your vehicle does not meet the emissions standard, driving into a charging zone costs a daily fee. London ULEZ and the seven English clean air zones each set their own rules, and a Class C zone charges vans and taxis but not private cars.
Vehicles & equipmentUpdated 27/08/2026