I have just been advised by my tax office that whilst EIM50050 is acceptable to HMRC for Uniformed Public Service Pilots who work for a pilotage provider it is not available to those of us who are directly employed by various police constabulary as we are not classed as commercial pilots as we work for the public sector in a non commercial industry. A few points;
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Am I not working for 'Hire & Reward' using the privileges of my commercial licence in exactly the same way as my fellow pilot working for say PAS?
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What is the point of negotiating a Fixed Rate Allowance if each and every claim is subsequently challenged?
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HMRCs view is that I am not a commercial pilot whilst in direct employ - Does any one have any views that I might be able to use to refute this facile argument?
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http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM50050.htm
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM50059.htm