Travelling hopefully

Thinking about recent train fare increases has brought to mind a question on the cost of parking at my local railway station. I am a consultant working through my own limited company and am currently carrying out work for a client in London requiring regular travel to their premises in the city.

If I buy a monthly train ticket and a monthly parking ticket and I ask for a receipt I don’t get a VAT receipt. I have therefore been purchasing my parking tickets separately from the company that runs the car park at my local station because they do issue a VAT invoice.

However the downside is that their longest ticket period is weekly so I cannot take advantage of the discount offered by buying a monthly parking ticket from the train company.

I know the train company’s VAT number having reviewed their terms and...