If you charge a company car at home, the business and you need a method, not a handshake. HMRC publishes advisory electricity rates for electric cars so employers can reimburse business mileage in a simple way. Separately, some employers repay the actual home electricity used by a company car where they can measure it. Those are different methods. Mixing a mileage rate with a full electricity refund for the same miles double counts.
A miss that shows up later: company car home charging reimbursement
The mistake is claiming public rapid prices for home kWh, or reimbursing through expenses and also taking the advisory rate. Another is a director with no record at all.
Write company car home charging reimbursement into the quote
Ask the employer to state the method in the car policy, and ask the installer if the charger can export a session record you are allowed to use.
Company car home charging reimbursement
A smart charger or a separate meter that records the car's consumption makes an actual-cost method possible. A granny lead with no record does not. The employer's policy should say which method applies to you.
- Use one method, not two
- HMRC advisory rates are mileage-based
- Actual cost needs a measurement
- Keep the log the policy names
Check company car home charging reimbursement before you accept a price
Keep the session logs or the mileage log the policy asks for. A photo of the wallbox is not a claim.
The price effect of company car home charging reimbursement
The rate changes. Use the HMRC figure or the measured kWh for the period of the claim, not a number remembered from a fleet email last spring. Home tariffs vary, so an actual-cost method needs the tariff that was really in force.
Frequently asked questions
Does the company have to pay for my wallbox?
No, unless your contract says so. Hardware and electricity are separate decisions.
What about a private car used for work?
Business mileage rules differ from a company car. Ask the employer which vehicle you have in their scheme.
Can I use a cheap night rate and claim a dearer one?
Claim the method you are allowed. Inflating the tariff is not a grey area.
Do I need a smart charger to be reimbursed?
Not always for a mileage rate. You do if the policy pays measured home kWh and the charger is how you measure it.
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