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Night-out money

12th September 1991
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

We are new to the transport business and have been told by a driver that we should pay him a tax-free bonus for sleeping in his lorry cab overnight. We raised this with our local tax office but it is not helpful. Can you say what the law is on this?

There are no regulations which require you to pay a driver any money for sleeping in his truck overnight.

What wages and allowances are paid to a driver are matters for agreement between an employer and his employee.

If the employee is a member of a trade union which the employer recognises as a negotiating body, the union may also become involved in the agreement.

In practice, if an employer did not pay night-out money he would probably find himself without drivers prepared to spend nights away.

In Commercial Motor (14-20 Feb) it was reported that the Inland Revenue had decided that overnight subsistence payments of up to £18.15 would be free of tax, but if a sleeper cab was used only 75% of that figure would be tax free.

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