Asking for help
If you need to contact HM Revenue and Customs regarding any tax issues, self emplyment etc. below is a page for getting contact details of your local office:
HM Revenue and Customs Contact Information
HMRC information for self employment
You will find the latest HMRC guidance for self employed childminders here -
tax information IR
Childminder expenses
This HMRC page gives some information including a link to how to work out vehicle expenses -
Care providers: Childminders: expenses
You will find further advice and help for completing your tax return and calculating expenses etc here -
expenses and tax - by Sarah
Remember information in the forum is for guidance only and it is best to double check any advice with the tax office before acting on it.
Expenses are a particularly grey area, different people give different advice. Even different Business Support Teams give different advice! So it is hard for information in here to be absolutely correct.